"Backlog in state reporting adds more than 5,000 coronavirus cases in Dallas County" Most of these should have been recorded in July. About 600 belong to August. It means the risk was underestimated for a month, leading to bad policy decisions. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-health/2020/08/16/backlog-in-state-reporting-adds-more-than-5000-coronavirus-cases-in-dallas-county/