A recent study showed that 16 of patients with covid 19 continued to test positive for sars cov 2 rna up to 24 days after resolution of symptoms and discharge from the hospital. 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.
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. What if i test positive for the coronavirus.
Once your results are available your doctor will contact you to let you know if you ve tested positive or negative for covid 19. However that does not mean you will not get sick. If you test negative for covid 19 by a viral test you probably were not infected at the time your sample was collected.
If you test positive for covid 19 by a viral test know what protective steps to take if you are sick or caring for someone. If you had a test because you had symptoms keep self isolating for at least 10 days from when your symptoms started. If your test is positive you must self isolate.
A positive result means you had coronavirus when the test was done.
