Georgia

We are currently interpreting “Total PCR/Molecular” as referring to the total number of tests conducted. Is this correct? If so, do you have plans to release the total number of individuals tested? And will you be able to consistently provide historical data for this metric under an automation friendly format, like an ArcGIS or CKAN API or a direct download of CSV or JSON? Other states provide their COVID-19 testing and outcomes in machine readable format, but as far as we are aware Georgia does not at this time. Do you have plans to release this data in an automation friendly format?

Do you perform any deduplication to reach the “Total PCR/Molecular value?” If so, how? (i.e. instances swabbed per day/week; recording only one positive test per person, but multiple negative tests for the same person; etc.)? When reporting testing results, if the same person gets different test results on different days, would you report raw results as part of the daily positives or do you apply any kind of logic such as reporting only the first negative or positive result per individual?

We’re also interested in testing data in units of “testing encounters”, which can be defined as “the number of unique people who have been tested per day.” Under this metric, if a person is being tested once today and once again the following week, that counts as two tests, however, if the same person has two samples tested at a testing center visit, then that only counts as one testing encounter. Are you willing to or are you planning to release testing encounters? If so, will you be able to provide historical data consistently under an automation friendly format, like an ArcGIS or CKAN API or a direct download of CSV or JSON?