BREAKING: Orlando Health: The 98% positive statistic is incorrect

The health care system is clarifying its statistics regarding the percentage of positive cases at its hospitals

By Michael Eng
| 4:50 p.m. July 14, 2020

West Orange Times & Observer
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The Florida Department of Health reported a 98% positive rate for Orlando Health.

However, Orlando Health officials say that is incorrect.

"The 98% positivity rate for Orlando Health is not correct," officials said in a prepared statement. "Our positivity rate is 9.4% as of July 12.

Orlando Health understands this is confusing," officials said. "As you look through the entire Department of Health 'testing by laboratory' site, you will see multiple Orlando Health hospitals listed (as well as multiple hospitals from other large health care systems).

See table below with site page numbers where you can find each Orlando Health listing.

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Michael Eng

As a child, Editor and Publisher Michael Eng collected front pages of the Kansas City Star during Operation Desert Storm, so it was a foregone conclusion that he would pursue a career in journalism. He holds a journalism degree from the University of Missouri — Columbia School of Journalism. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his wife and three children, or playing drums around town. He’s also a sucker for dad jokes.