Due to conflicting reports regarding COVID-19 cases in Kerr County, Peterson Health is seeking to become the primary reporting source for coronavirus cases by offering a daily update on the county’s caseload, officials with the medical center said last week.
In the past, Peterson Health, the National Guard, and local independent testing sites all reported COVID-19 tests and positive cases to the Texas Department of State Health Services, which then compiled the results and reported aggregate totals to Kerr County.
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the turnaround time for this process was less than 24 hours.
However, as the number of ...