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Some of the confusion is that cases are reported in the county of residence, not the county of the hospital where they are being treated. I've had to correct m
by NotTheDr01ds 7y ago
Some of the confusion is that cases are reported in the county of residence, not the county of the hospital where they are being treated. I've had to correct multiple people who felt the "official numbers are wrong because Foo Hospital in Bar County reported treating 'x' confirmed cases, but the state's website only shows 'y' for Bar County.
It's likely that the doctor that was quoted in the article fell victim to that misunderstanding.
On a related topic, it would be nice if the ER doctors, nurses, and hospitals were doing a better job of reporting the county-of-residence. Here in Georgia, we have 166 cases where the county is "unknown" (out of 1525) as of noon's report.