Santa Cruz County explains why their COVID-19 recoveries lag behind

Health workers have focused primarily on active cases

COUNTIES AREPLAYING CATCH UP WITHTHE BACKLOG OFCOVID-19 TESTS....THATWERE NOT COUNTEDDURING THE STATE'SREPORTING SYSTEMGLITCH.STATEWIDE THERE AREABOUT 300-THOUSANDTESTS NOT COUNTEDFROM JULY 27THTHROUGH AUGUST 7TH.THOSE ARE POSTIVEAND NEGATIVE TESTS.THE POSITIVE CASESARE BEING ADDED TO ACOUNTY'S DAILYAVERAGE OVER THE NEXTFEW DAYS ...SO WE'LLLIKELY SEE A JUMP INCASES...BUT IT SHOULDEVEN OUT BY THE ENDOF THE WEEK.##SANTA CRUZ COUNTYHAS BEEN REPORTINGVERY LOW RECOVERYNUMBERS....THAT MAY BE DUE TOA GLITCH IN HOWCALIFORNIA'SDEPARTMENT OF HEALTHCOLLECTED ANDCOUNTED DATA.HEALTH WORKERSHAVE FOCUSEDPRIMARLILY ON ACTIVECASES....BUT PLAN TOUPDATE RECOVERYNUMBERS."WE'VE HAD SUCH AN INCREASE INCASES THAT WE'RE REALLY WORKINGTHOSE ACTIVE CASES TO MAKE SURETHOSE PEOPLE ARE BEING ISOLATEDSOTO STOP THE SPREAD IS OUR MAINCONCERN TO STOP THE SPREAD ANDSOIT'S TAKING US A LITTLE BITLONGER TOMOVE THOSE ACTIVE CASES TO THERECOVERED CASES."44 NEW CASESREPORTED TODAY INSANTA CRUZ COUNTY....THERE ARE MORETHAN 12-HUNDREDCASES.AND 374 RECOVERIES.##NEW AT SIX.A SANTA CRUZ M