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However, the figure for total positive cases was not corrected. As of this writing, it is still shown at sacoronavirus.co.za as jumping from2930174 on November 22 to2948760 on November 23, reflecting the original erroneous jump by 18,586.
When collecting daily figures from sacoronavirus.co.za, this template only uses the daily figures for "Deaths", "Recoveries" and "Positive Cases". It ignores the "New Cases" figure reported there, instead inferring it as the difference in "Positive Cases" compared to the previous day.
That means there is currently no way to correct the erroneous figure of 18,586 unless the authoritative website adjusts its "Positive Cases" figures.
I wonder if there is some way to alter the template to allow reporting the actual daily change if available and if it differs from the inferred change. --P.T. Aufrette (talk)09:02, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It is possible to override the value displayed in the delta1 column. I'd vote against doing so unless this is routinely added: For some jurisdictions (example: New Mexico, USA), the published number of new cases is not simply the change in daily totals. These jurisdictions reduce the total to eliminate duplicates and false positives. Also, using the template's override feature won't automatically work with the new incidence rate feature of the template should that be used here in the future.
If the source data breaks down PCR from antigen totals, it is possible to record both values in the source code here (example: the cases chart for Texas, USA) by using a plus operator as in 1234+5678. This still displays a single total to the user, but both values are archived in the source.EphemeralErrata (talk)22:08, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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