California’s public health system response to the coronavirus may be hindered after major technical issues with the state’s electronic case reporting mechanism.

Officials in the state are now counting test results by hand, but the technical issues affect the rate at which COVID-19 testing results are processed and analyzed, leading to an undercount of total infection rates. The California Department of Public Health confirmed the incident in a note on its website Tuesday.

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