Georgia department of health graph error. A recent graph from georgias department of public health mixed up times and locations and appeared to show a consistent decline in covid 19 case counts in the states hardest hit counties. Kathleen toomey answers questions during a press conference at the georgia state capitol on april 27 2020 in atlanta georgia. Kathleen toomey commissioner of georgia department of public health speaks as gov.
In fact there was no clear downward trend. Georgia department of public health commissioner dr. The georgia department of public health has come under fire for sharing erroneous data that suggested the number of confirmed coronavirus cases decreasing providing flattening curve models.
New confirmed cases in the counties with the most infections had dropped every single day for the past two weeks. Brian kemp decided not. In the latest bungling of tracking data for the novel coronavirus a recently posted bar chart on the georgia department of public healths website appeared to show good news.