The portal "arbresh.info" has published an article titled "Coronavirus in Kosovo: 6,894 active cases; 45,002 recovered and 1,368 victims."
After verification by hibrid.info, it is clearly observed that the title of this article does not match the content. While the title gives some other figures of active cases, recoveries and victims of the Corona virus, in the content they are presented differently. In the content of the article, in fact, the real figures are based on the report dated January 17 published by the National Institute of Public Health and Public Health, which is found within the text.
Excerpt from the text of the article published by "arbresh.info":
The number of active coronavirus cases in Kosovo has risen to 6,894 out of 53,264 confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic.
45,002 patients have won the battle with the coronavirus, while 1,368 deaths have been recorded since the beginning.
More than 700 patients are hospitalized, over 20 of them on ventilators.
In the last 24 hours alone, 353 new cases have been recorded, while 297 people have recovered.
This is the latest announcement from IKSHPK:
'' 279 RECOVERED AND 353 CASES OF COVID-19!
During the last 24 hours, a total of 1.642 samples received by the National Institute of Health and Welfare and contact tracing of cases in the field were tested in the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology at IKShPK and private laboratories with the RT-PCR method, of which 353 positive cases resulted.
Within 24 hours, 5 cases of death with positive SARS CoV-2 have been reported. The deaths are from the municipalities: Dragash 1 case (69 years old), Ferizaj 1 case (83 years old), Mitrovica 1 case (76 years old), Peja 1 case (78 years old), Rahovec 1 case (77 years old).
The total number of positive cases is 55.851 cases out of 208.583 people suspected of being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus and 1.410 deaths.
In the last 24 hours, 279 patients have been cured while the total number of cured to date is a total of 49.269 cases, while the number of active cases is 5.172.
Link to the article published by "arbresh.info":
Below you can find the January 17 report from the National Institute of Public Health regarding the current figures of new positive cases, recoveries and deaths due to COVID-19:
https://www.facebook.com/IKSHPK/posts/3417885421672771
Analyze:
After fact-checking analysis conducted by hibrid.info, it turns out that the title of the article on Arbresh.info is misspelled, but without the clear intention of misinforming the public. However, the fact that the title of this article talks about completely different figures than those in the text, may misinform the readers of this portal. This article is categorized as “Error”.
Reasoning:
Error – The "Error" rating is given to media reports in which the media editorial staff made a mistake by publishing incorrect information or by broadcasting unverified news from another source, without the clear intention of misinforming the public.