- 16,000 Covid-19 cases go unreported in England due to technical error - The BBC has confirmed the missing Covid-19 test data was caused by the ill-thought-out use of Microsoft's Excel software - files used older XLS format which is limited to 65,000 rows with further cases simply left off. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54422505 412 comments worldnews
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- Botched Excel import may have caused loss of 15,841 UK COVID-19 cases | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/excel-glitch-may-have-caused-uk-to-underreport-covid-19-cases-by-15841/ 19 comments
- Why you should never use Microsoft Excel to count coronavirus cases https://theconversation.com/why-you-should-never-use-microsoft-excel-to-count-coronavirus-cases-147681 15 comments
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