DESANTIS LIFTING FLORIDA'S CORONAVIRUS-RELATED BAN ON VISITING NURSING HOMES“The law requires all COVID-19 test results to be reported to the Florida Department of Health in a timely manner," the state health department said. Excluding the large Quest data submission, the percent positivity was 5.89%. Quest Diagnostics released a statement blaming the delay on a technical issue. “Quest Diagnostics takes seriously our responsibility to report laboratory data to public health authorities in a timely manner to aid pandemic response," the statement said. "Due to a technical issue, our reporting of a subset of public health COVID-19 test data to the Florida Department of Health was delayed.

Source: Fox News September 02, 2020 12:45 UTC