OMAHA- The coronavirus numbers displayed on Nebraska’s online data dashboard are expected to change significantly over the next few days as the state adds testing data that was delayed because of the cyberattack on Nebraska Medicine’s computer systems.

The Nebraska Medicine Clinical Lab and the Nebraska Public Health Lab process coronavirus tests and are housed on the Nebraska Medicine/University of Nebraska Medical Center campus. Many of Nebraska Medicine’s computer systems weren’t working after a Sept. 20 cyberattack. During the shutdown, results from tests run through those labs weren’t always being sent to the state’s COVID-19 data reporting system. The state’s COVID-19 dashboard displays key data about the coronavirus around the state, including hospitalizations, how many people are tested per week and how many tested positive.

A spokeswoman for HHS said several thousand new results will be added, affecting the totals for tests by date, total tests, total positives and positives by date.

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