07-06-2021, 10:53 AM
(07-06-2021, 10:48 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(07-06-2021, 10:06 AM)jeffster Wrote: Today’s numbers will include a spike in cases (like last Tuesday) due to more data clean-up from Toronto PHU. We’re talking extra 79 cases.
Why do they think this is a good way to report data.
Basically, the provincial roll-up reporting just has the total number of cases to date, so any corrections to past months can show big positive or negative spikes. They keep the cumulative totals correct but skew the daily numbers. I try to cleanse these out in my reporting as much as possible.
The region shows the number of new cases reported for each date. They frequently make corrections to old data, but then they do show what the actual reporting date was for those cases, and not just throw them into today's bucket. More work for me to keep my spreadsheet updated, but the end results is more accurate data than the provincial one.b