How Excel may have caused loss of 16,000 Covid tests in England

How Excel may have caused loss of 16,000 Covid tests in England

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/05/how-excel-may-have-caused-loss-of-16000-covid-tests-in-england

Public Health England data error blamed on limitations of Microsoft spreadsheet

A million-row limit on Microsoft’s Excel spreadsheet software may have led to Public Health England misplacing nearly 16,000 Covid test results, it is understood.

How Excel may have caused loss of 16,000 Covid tests in England

Oct 5, 2020, 2:27pm UTC
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/05/how-excel-may-have-caused-loss-of-16000-covid-tests-in-england > Public Health England data error blamed on limitations of Microsoft spreadsheet > A million-row limit on Microsoft’s Excel spreadsheet software may have led to Public Health England misplacing nearly 16,000 Covid test results, it is understood.