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Incomplete COVID-19 Testing Results Are Blurring the Full Scope of the Pandemic

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Maryland, Ohio and others are reporting only positive tests, which skews tracking and an understanding of how the virus spreads

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By Fred Schulte | Kaiser Health News

Several states are reporting only positive COVID-19 test results from private labs, a practice that paints a misleading picture of how fast the disease

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