DRC Total Count Discrepancy

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DRC Total Count Discrepancy #44

Closed julianasopko closed 3 days ago

julianasopko commented 2 months ago

A discrepancy in total cases was noted. Upon review of ACDC and WHO sources we have decided not to reduce our case count until we can review the next reports numbers.

JacqSauer commented 2 months ago

As of 2024-09-25 the DRC cumulative counts are as follows: Confirmed ACDC: 5599 Confirmed WHO: 5,621 Suspected ACDC: 20,668 (26267-5599) Suspected WHO: 21,482 (27103-5621)

aimeehan1 commented 1 month ago

NOTE: When you download the WHO's dataset, the total-confirmed-case value in their csv is cumulative. You need to check Table 2.4 in WHO's shinyapps dashboard to get the confirmed cases for 2024 only to then calculate suspected values (which Jacq lists in comment above).

Example: WHO Download compared to Dashboard:

aimeehan1 commented 3 days ago

G.h unable to resolve case count discrepancies between sources. On 05 November, G.h switched from ACDC to using WHO's mpox dashboard as the primary source of data for confirmed (and suspected) cases for DRC.