Covid-19 | Data error? The official interactive map once found people diagnosed on August 11

01 Investigation

Author: Zheng Jiaru

2020-07-21 13:45

The third wave of the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic broke out. The government announced yesterday that 73 new cases were confirmed. However, there was a suspected error when entering data in the interactive map of the Health Protection Center of the Department of Health. As a result, the confirmed date of the latest 21 cases was mistakenly written as 7 From 21st to 11th August, the situation was "diagnosed in the future". The current interactive map data has been answered correctly.

"Hong Kong 01" is inquiring with the Department of Health and the Office of the Chief Information Officer.

At one time, more than 20 "confirmed persons from the future" appeared on the map. (Screenshot of government epidemic map)

The third wave of pneumonia in Hong Kong broke out. At one time, more than 100 new confirmed cases were added every day. The reporter received reports from citizens that on the government’s official interactive epidemic map, the date of diagnosis of the 21 most recently confirmed patients was listed as being diagnosed on July 21, 22, 23, etc. until August 11. Pneumonia patients in the future. At about 1:25 pm, the reporter found that the data had been corrected.

The reporter checked the case digital files released by the Centre for Health Protection yesterday, and confirmed that the suspected case date was the 1938 to 1959 case, all of which were confirmed cases announced yesterday (20th).

Hong Kong 01 made an inquiry to the Center for Health Protection and the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer on this, but no reply was received before the deadline.

The map once showed an error in the date of diagnosis, which was corrected at about 1:25 pm. (Screenshot of government epidemic map)

At present, the Centre for Health Protection not only announces the confirmed and preliminary confirmed figures every afternoon, but also uploads the cases in PDF on the government's pneumonia epidemic website. The data on the interactive map is also updated daily to facilitate the public to check the latest cases and each affected location.

According to previous government press releases, the interactive map was jointly developed and managed by volunteers from the Development Bureau, the Lands Department, and a group of smart city alliances, and is supported by data provided by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, the Health Protection Center of the Department of Health, the Hospital Authority and relevant government departments . The founder and honorary chairman of the Smart City Alliance is Legislative Council Member Ge Peifan.

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