Posted 9 m minutes ago fri friday 26 jun june 2020 at 7 18pm. By medical reporter sophie scott. Coronavirus false positive test results rare experts say so how do they get covid 19 wrong.
That first report included results from 42 labs 29 of which either reported 100 positive or 100. The state department of health started producing daily coronavirus summary reports march 16. Since it s positive to get a false negative or even a false positive result.
There are different methods for testing for the novel coronavirus covid 19 but some are more accurate than others. While this scenario. In the last two weeks social media has been buzzing with people who claim they left a covid 19 test site because of a long line and then received a positive test result.
Florida labs not reporting negative test results report says fox 35 news ran an investigation of the figures contacting local locations listed in the state s report. This means that a patient may be told that they have covid 19 but they actually do not. A false positive means that the test shows a positive result but in reality it should be a negative result.
