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The discrepancy between the daily testing numbers reported by ICMR & states have been growing steadily & has reached very high levels (2L+) of late!National TPR needn't be an avg of TPRs across states, as a resultLot of questions remain unanswered @ICMRDELHI
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Follow this thread here which gives plausible reasons but, none conclusive. A summary of important questions below:
1) Are states & ICMR including/excluding certain types of tests & not following a uniform standard in reporting?
(2/n) https://twitter.com/covid19indiaorg/status/1308840725602275330?s=20
1) Are states & ICMR including/excluding certain types of tests & not following a uniform standard in reporting?
(2/n) https://twitter.com/covid19indiaorg/status/1308840725602275330?s=20
2) Are states adding duplicates/retests to its total while ICMR doesn’t?
3) Is ICMR withholding certain tests/test types which states report?
4) Are states ‘deliberately’ inflating reported numbers in the interest of showing low TPR?
5) Only @ICMRDELHI can clarify these
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3) Is ICMR withholding certain tests/test types which states report?
4) Are states ‘deliberately’ inflating reported numbers in the interest of showing low TPR?
5) Only @ICMRDELHI can clarify these
(3/n)
