Department of Health Exposed for Massively Overreporting Positive COVID-19 Cases

Orlando news station WOFL-TV has uncovered a major discrepancy in Florida’s coronavirus statistics.

According to WOFL, the Florida Department of Health has said that “countless” coronavirus testing sites across The Sunshine State have reported a near 100% positivity rate — which means every single person tested was positive— while other laboratories have reported extremely high positivity rates.

But reporters for WOFL reached out to many of those testing sites — and discovered the official figures do not reflect reality.

For example, state data showed that Orlando Health, a local hospital, had a 98% COVID-19 positivity rate. But when WOFL reached out to the hospital, hospital officials said their positivity rate is only 9.4%.

State reports also claimed Orlando VA Medical Center had a positivity rate of 76% — but the hospital told WOFL its positivity rate is only 6%. (Read more from “Department of Health Exposed for Massively Overreporting Positive COVID-19 Cases” HERE)

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