China News Service, October 19th. According to the Associated Press report on the 19th, millions of people in the United States can be tested for the new coronavirus every day, but state health officials said that many rapid test results may not be reported.

This means that some newly confirmed cases may still not be included in the statistics.

　　According to reports, all new coronavirus testing sites in the United States are required to report test results to public health agencies.

However, some state health officials said that many rapid test results were not reported, or some newly confirmed cases were not counted.

Data map: On October 14, local time, the Simonhof Flower Park near Liberty City, Miami, USA, was filled with tombstone-shaped white plastic plaques to commemorate the deceased of the new crown. People's messages on the plastic plaques drew tears.

　　Experts point out that the situation may get worse.

The federal government is shipping more than 100 million copies of the latest rapid testing tools to states for use at new testing sites such as public schools.

Dr. Jeffrey Engel of the National and Regional Committee of Epidemiologists said: “The school is obviously not capable of reporting these tests (results).” “If it can be done (test results reports), it will most likely be in paper (in the form) Slow and incomplete."

　　At present, large hospitals and laboratories in the United States feed back test results to the state health department through electronic means, but there is no standardized method for reporting the rapid test results of the new coronavirus in other places.

State officials often have no way of tracking, where these test results will be reported, or knowing whether the test results will be reported.

　　In response, Minnesota officials set up a special team to try to obtain more data on new coronavirus test results from nursing homes, schools and other newer testing sites.

But as a result, they were eventually "overwhelmed by faxes and paper documents."

　　The report pointed out that the challenge of accurate statistics on the new crown epidemic is that the statistical methods of each state are still very different.

Some states aggregate all types of test data in one report; some states do not directly tabulate the rapid antigen test results; and some states have not announced relevant systems.

　　At the same time, because antigen testing is prone to "false negative" results, it is sometimes necessary to retest.

Most experts suggest that these situations should be recorded and analyzed separately.

But at present, most states have not done so, instead posting all results on the Internet.

　　Currently, the U.S. federal government is assigning testing tools based on the population of each state, rather than helping states develop strategies based on the situation and severity of the epidemic.

Michael Mina, an infectious disease immunologist and epidemiologist at the Harvard School of Public Health, said: "This (method) is too lazy."

　　Mina said that the federal government should send limited testing materials to epidemic hotspots across the United States to reduce the infection rate in communities most affected by the epidemic.

Maintaining strict control can also ensure that the new crown test results are reported quickly.