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Re:In 4 US state prisons, 3,300 inmates test positive, 96% w... by IAmGraydon on Saturday April 25, 2020 @08:19PM (#22982940)
Those are positive tests. They are remaining high because the number of tests has been increasing. The important metric to track is percent positive tests, which has been consistently dropping for weeks.

https://coronavirus.1point3acres.com/en/test

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Re:In 4 US state prisons, 3,300 inmates test positive, 96% w... by arcticbull on Saturday April 25, 2020 @08:22PM (#22982964)
I'm curious if that's true -- based on that excellent data, it appears that the number of people who test positive has been pretty much steady. Chances are those were always, and remain, positive tests at the point of care/admission to a hospital. The new tests are likely randos. So long as we continue to see the same raw absolute number of positive tests, I'd say it's not a win -- yet. There's been in fact a steady increase since 4/21 in positive tests in real number terms.
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