Fairfax County’s Fight Against Coronavirus Gets New Tool

Fairfax County has introduced a new metric to its online coronavirus data dashboard that is contact tracing. The Public Health Department has over 400 contact tracers that call people who have recently tested positive for coronavirus. Tracers interview them and gather information about who was in close proximity to the positive case. According to wtop.com, "The new dashboard that was displayed for the first time Wednesday includes the percentage of COVID-positive people that were reached by the tracer. And of those, how many were interviewed within one day. The first round of statistics come from Nov. 8 through Nov. 14. The data shows 86.2 % of cases were reached by tracers and of those 85.5% were interviewed within a day." As per wtop.com, "The data show the success of reaching out to people that may have come into contact with the virus. After cases are interviewed, tracers determine who may have been exposed to the virus and then contact them. In that same week, nearly 84% of contacts were reached by the Health Department and of those reached 93.2% were interviewed by public health officials."

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Maryam N. is a Senior Writer at Nesbitt Realty. She is an expert on Fairfax County. Maryam has also worked previously as a geologist. She is a foodie and enjoys cooking and exploring new restaurants.