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[DATA] Sedibeng deaths 18-10-2020

richardyoung00 opened this issue · comments

Which Dataset

data/district_data/gp_sedibeng.csv

Error Description

Death numbers for Sedibeng for 18-10-2020 are incorrect (they were reported incorrectly in the official media release)

Incorrect media release
https://twitter.com/GautengHealth/status/1318191574967291910

Prior and subsequent media releases show that the deaths remained on 330

https://twitter.com/GautengHealth/status/1317438574954991618
https://twitter.com/GautengHealth/status/1318538596085866501
https://twitter.com/GautengHealth/status/1318885765934403584

Suggested fixes

  1. Update Sedibeng deaths for 18-10-2020 to 330
    OR
  2. Remove the deaths value for Sedibeng for 18-10-2020 as it massively skews stats.

Thanks @richardyoung00 -- corrected.