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Coronavirus
In 2017, Pennsylvania had the most severe death reporting lags in the country. That's because the state was still doing much of its death registration by hand, relying on a cumbersome system of faxed paper and manual data entry.
Dan Nott / For Spotlight PA

Pa.'s failure to mandate quicker death reporting before the coronavirus fueled wild data fluctuations, mistrust

by Sara Simon of Spotlight PA and Ryan Briggs and Nina Feldman of WHYY News

Sept. 24, 2020

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