Texas had a huge backlog in reporting the results.

They were required to fax in the results of each test individually. There wasn't enough time in the day to send them, let alone receive them and enter the data.

There wasn't a national reporting method in place to handle anything like this epidemic, nor did the administration set one up when it started.

The states, counties and medical staff at hospitals all set up their own systems. It's amazing as much information was passed on as there was. There were differences that didn't allow the numbers to be tabulated quickly.

Then the conspiracy theories were started because there were errors in the reporting. The errors were typically insignificant to the total numbers reported, but that didn't stop those with an agenda from trying to influence the low IQ crowd. With a good amount of success.