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St. Petersburg’s COVID-19 statistics change after Meduza reports suspicious, reoccuring ratio between daily recoveries and new cases
On October 23, Meduza highlighted a statistical anomaly in St. Petersburg, where local officials reported for roughly a month that the daily number of patients recovering from COVID-19 was almost exactly half the number of new cases identified. The next day, the 1:2 ratio suddenly ended, as reported daily recoveries jumped to 55 and 56 percent of new infections.
After Meduza’s story about the statistical anomaly in St. Petersburg’s coronavirus figures, the numbers abruptly deviated from their previous 1:2 ratio. Since Meduza’s report, there have been between 65 and 89 more recoveries on a daily basis than half the number of new infections. (For a month, these figures were virtually identical.)
After Meduza’s story about the statistical anomaly in St. Petersburg’s coronavirus figures, the numbers abruptly deviated from their previous 1:2 ratio.
Since Meduza’s report about the statistical anomaly in St. Petersburg’s coronavirus figures, the numbers of recoveries and new cases haven’t changed significantly, but the previous 1:2 ratio is gone.
Story by Denis Dmitriev
Translation by Kevin Rothrock