Statistical oddity in India's new coronavirus testing numbers baffles experts and sparks questions about country's data management
Migrant workers and homeless people rest inside a sports complex turned into a shelter, during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease, in New Delhi, India, April 4, 2020.
Every day for over a week in late March, government data on the difference between the number of overall samples tested and the number of individuals tested remained exactly the same – 890.While the number of overall tests will be greater than or equal to the number of individuals tested, given some people get retested, the repetition of the number of baffled experts.
The recurrence of the 890-gap in the Indian Council of Medical Research's data was reported by data journalism outlet IndiaSpend.The issue has reignited researchers' calls for the Indian government to share more granular data. Giridhar Babu, a professor of epidemiology with the Public Health Foundation of India, said that would allow researchers to spot potential issues with numbers more quickly.
"Now, it seems we can't even trust the little data we have," said the researcher, asking to remain anonymous to avoid repercussions from authorities.
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