covid-testing-latest-data-source-details: 31
| rowid | ISO code | Entity | Date | Source URL | Source label | Notes | Number of observations | Cumulative total | Cumulative total per thousand | Daily change in cumulative total | Daily change in cumulative total per thousand | 7-day smoothed daily change | 7-day smoothed daily change per thousand | Short-term positive rate | Short-term tests per case | General source label | General source URL | Short description | Detailed description |
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| 31 | DEU | Germany - tests performed | 2020-10-18 | https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ/N/Neuartiges_Coronavirus/Situationsberichte/Okt_2020/2020-10-21-de.pdf?__blob=publicationFile | Robert Koch Institut | Subtracting weekly changes from cumulative total of samples tested. | 33 | 20380376 | 243.24900000000002 | 170809 | 2.039 | 0.033 | 30.572 | Robert Koch Institut | https://www.rki.de/SiteGlobals/Forms/Suche/serviceSucheForm.html?nn=2725444&input_=2375194>s=2725442_list%253DdateOfIssue_dt%252Bdesc&resourceId=2390936&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&searchEngineQueryString=T%C3%A4glicher+Lagebericht+des+RKI+zur+Coronavirus-Krankheit-2019&pageLocale=de | The number of tests performed. | To determine how many laboratory tests regarding SARS-CoV-2 are carried out per calendar week in Germany and how many tests are positive or negative, the RKI has started a Germany-wide laboratory query. However, the number of laboratories reporting data seems to vary from week to week. By subtracting each weekly change from the cumulative total, we retrospectively work out the cumulative totals by the end of each week. Since laboratories can post-check the tests of past calendar weeks in the RKI test number query, previous figures may be revised upwards slightly in subsequent reports. The source is explicit that these figures refer to tests performed and that this will not equal the number of people tested, because of multiple tests per person. |