Math is Math!

I hear a lot about false negative or positive covid tests, so they often have to re-test. I’m wondering, if a person gets 3 positive tests, does that count as “3 new cases”, and if they die, 3 deaths? Not that we’ve EVER been given reason to doubt CDC & media numbers. They would never lie or fudge the numbers to inflate counts and create more hysteria & panic, would they? Math is math!