Working to place LA and Stanislaus cases, G.h probable count exceeds CDPH

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On December 23rd, CDPH and CDC's websites for confirmed cases (related to cattle) increased by 1 case.

However, news media reported two "confirmed" avian influenza cases on December 23rd - one case in Los Angeles, and another in Stanislaus County (Ref ID66 and ID67, Source I).

Stanislaus explicitly states that CDC has confirmed the case.
Los Angeles is less clear if CDC has confirmed the case or if the investigation is ongoing.

So, to make sure the G.h confirmed count did not exceed CDPH and CDC totals, curators had to pick one case to add to our linelist.

We are trying to update case information. Curators have attempted to contact the Los Angeles and Stanislaus County departments of health, but no reply. For now, the Los Angeles case is captured as 'Probable' Status in the G.h dataset (ID66). The G.h count for probable CA cases is @2, which does not align with CDPH number, and we are aware of this discrepancy.

One possibility is that these 2 cases are the 2 confirmed cases from 12/20 and there was a delay in announcement.

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