Increments the total stat counters

        @param item: the loaded message object for HLL counter

def _increment_fail_stat(self, item):
        '''
        Increments the total stat counters

        @param item: the loaded message object for HLL counter
        '''
        if isinstance(item, dict):
            item['ts'] = time.time()
        elif isinstance(item, str):
            item = item + str(time.time())

        if 'fail' in self.stats_dict:
            self.logger.debug("Incremented fail stats")
            for key in self.stats_dict['fail']:
                if key == 'lifetime':
                    self.stats_dict['fail'][key].increment(item)
                else:
                    self.stats_dict['fail'][key].increment()