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		benaadams on Oct 5, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UK Covid-19 data underreported due to file size li... https://twitter.com/MaxCRoser/status/1313046638915706880 > The reason was apparently that the database is managed in Excel and the number of columns had reached the maximum.

zelos on Oct 5, 2020 [–]

>The problem was caused by an Excel spreadsheet reaching its maximum file size, which stopped new names being added in an automated process.

> The files have now been split into smaller multiple files to prevent the issue happening again.

Wow

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