Several private labs contracted to process COVID-19 tests in Florida are reporting “incomplete data” that artificially could be boosting the state’s positivity rate for the coronavirus, the Florida Department of Health (DOH) said.

DOH maintains that “incomplete data” is negative test results, noting several labs are returning only 100 percent positive results and others are reporting positivity rates in the 80- and 90-percent range.

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