Do "cases" actually mean "residents?"

Not trying to be snarky, but I know that is not the case in my part of Virginia. One person can be tested multiple times, each positive test is defined as a "case," and that skews the numbers. That's confirmed by my local health department. Yet the local media here is still reporting it in the same manner as the link above.

In response to this post by PhotoHokieNC

Posted: 08/01/2020 at 10:34AM

As of this past week, 1.8% of Mecklenburg County were active COVID cases. -- PhotoHokieNC 08/01/2020 09:51AM

Mecklenburg County, Virginia total cases is half that at 0.9%.** -- Old Line Hokie 08/01/2020 12:14PM

LOL. When I was searching that stuff I posted I noticed suddenly -- PhotoHokieNC 08/01/2020 12:18PM

Christiansburg town council meeting this week gave some info on the NRV... -- HokieGator 08/01/2020 11:04AM

How is the percentage determined if only + cases are reported? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 08/01/2020 12:32PM

Locally they know how many they tested and how many +, but only the +s get -- HokieGator 08/01/2020 12:34PM

Is it just raw data or is it names and addresses (I know, HIIPA)? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 08/01/2020 12:38PM

I have reached the end of my knowledge. . -- HokieGator 08/01/2020 1:06PM

You da man. Especially if you had attended it. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 08/01/2020 1:17PM

Oh heck no. Watched it the next day. -- HokieGator 08/01/2020 1:22PM

We have 6 or 7 who’d provoke me likewise. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 08/01/2020 1:47PM

Do "cases" actually mean "residents?" -- Hokie Fiji 08/01/2020 10:34AM

There isn't any evident, or apparent, distinction between the two. Early -- PhotoHokieNC 08/01/2020 10:43AM

There should be -- Hokie Fiji 08/01/2020 11:05AM

Yeah. It would be REALLY helpful to know... -- MP4VT2004 08/01/2020 12:13PM

We know someone who tested positive but is back at work. -- PhotoHokieNC 08/01/2020 12:28PM

I didn't use county data you mentioned in your 2nd paragraph. It was my -- PhotoHokieNC 08/01/2020 11:14AM

Not complaining about your inference at all -- Hokie Fiji 08/01/2020 11:29AM

Oh, I knew that - no objection made - just clarifying, thanks. Thing is - -- PhotoHokieNC 08/01/2020 11:32AM

Good stuff, Photo. Thanks! -- Hokie Fiji 08/01/2020 11:37AM

I know someone who is one of those positive cases -- HokieR 08/01/2020 10:13AM

I still don't know anyone that has had it, tested positive, or -- 133743Hokie 08/01/2020 3:04PM

Individual cases like that hit home, for sure. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 08/01/2020 10:44AM

That sucks. Do you know where they got it? -- HokieSignGuy 08/01/2020 10:29AM

According to my wife this friend was constantly posting on social -- HokieR 08/01/2020 11:50AM

This is the big question that I don't see any discussion on. How did they -- HokieGator 08/01/2020 11:14AM

In this case it was social gatherings. ** -- HokieR 08/01/2020 11:52AM

I forget where you live, but in areas where masks are mandatory, like -- PhotoHokieNC 08/01/2020 11:36AM

Do "cases" actually mean "residents?"

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