A mistake at a lab which saw thousands of positive COVID-19 cases reported as negative could have led to the deaths of 20 people, according to new estimates. Sky's ashishskynews joins us with more on this story. 📺 Sky 501, Freeview 233 and YouTube
A mistake at a lab which saw thousands of positive COVID-19 cases reported as negative could have led to the deaths of 20 people, according to new estimates.
The errors at Immensa Health Clinic Ltd in Wolverhampton meant around 39,000 PCR tests were reported as negative when they should have been positive between 2 September and 12 October 2021.As a result, many people would have continued with their daily lives and not self-isolated even though they had COVID.
Experts from the UK Health Security Agency have estimated the errors led to about 55,000 additional infections, with each person who received a false result going on to infect an average of two other people. Researchers also estimated that there were about 680 additional hospital admissions"that may not otherwise have occurred".
"Similarly, we estimate that there may have been just over 20 additional deaths in these most affected areas," they added.
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