Epoch Times, an independent Chinese language media based in the U.S., provided details from the internal reports that it obtained from the Shandong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These reports, which were provided to the Shandong Provincial Health Commission, showed much higher coronavirus infection counts than the official number that China published.
On February 19, CDC’s and hospitals in Shandong reported 49 new infection cases based on positive results shown in nucleic acid tests. On that day, Shandong announced only 2 new cases. On February 20, 274 cases tested positive (one of which was a case that had been confirmed already), while the officially published number was 202.
Epoch Times created a table to compare the internally reported count vs. the officially announced count from February 8 to February 22. The first column is the date, second column is the officially announced new infection count, the third one is the internally reported cases, and the fourth one is the percent of internal count over the published count.
Image of the Epoch Times’ table:
The nucleic acid test will only show positive for 30-50 percent of the coronavirus infections. Therefore, the actual infection count may be proportionately higher than the report that is officially published.
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Excerpt in Chinese:
不过，大纪元获得的2月20日山东省疾控中心病毒所上报给山东省卫健委疾控处的“全省新型冠状病毒感染的肺炎检测信息统计日报表”显示，2月19日当天，仅山东省内各个疫控中心和医院所作的核酸检测标本阳性数量，就高达49例，是当天政府公布的山东省新增确诊病例（2例）的24.5倍。
大纪元获得的山东省2月21日“新冠检测信息汇总表”显示，2月20日检测阳性数为274例；扣除1例为已确诊复核，当天核酸检测阳性数也有273例，比中共的“官方”数据多出71例。
2月21日，山东省疾控中心病毒所上报给省卫健委的“全省新型冠状病毒感染的肺炎检测信息统计日报表”文件截图。中共称2月20日山东新增确诊病例202例，但该报表显示，20日当天检测阳性（确诊）数为274例（其中1例为确诊复核），比“官方”数据多出71例。（大纪元）
事实上，根据大纪元获得的山东省“检测信息统计日报表”文件可知，2月9日至23日期间，山东省各医疗机构上报卫健委的当天新冠肺炎核酸检测阳性数，最少是政府发布“官方”数据的1.36倍，最多是“中共版”新增确诊数的52倍。
Source: Epoch Times, February 24, 2020
https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/20/2/24/n11891016.htm