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. The coronavirus aid relief and economic security cares act cares act section 18115 pdf icon external icon and its implementation guidance require every covid 19 testing site to report every diagnostic and screening test performed to detect sars cov 2 or to diagnose a possible case of covid 19 e g molecular antigen antibody to the appropriate state or local public health.
The covid 19 rt pcr tests are very specific for the virus but there is a small chance to get a false positive testing positive without being infected with the virus. While lab professionals and test developers work to ensure that tests are accurate as possible no test is 100 perfect. Of those labs more than 460.
In recent state reports showing the covid 19 testing results by laboratory in florida more than 1 100 labs have reported test results to the state through july 13. The trump administration has reportedly ordered an investigation into a centers for disease control and prevention cdc lab in atlanta that was in charge of assembling coronavirus test kits after. In one example a small batch of tests from a lab for orlando health tested 522 samples according to a state report and 512 or about 98 were positive for the virus.
Without these today s percent positive would fall from 12 6 to 8 7. That is 34 of today s 10 360 new cases. 333 fl covid testing labs reported 100 positive tests today in state report for 3 528 tests.
Orlando health for example reported a 98 rate. Other labs reported extremely high positivity rates which set off some alarms. The florida department of health said some labs have not reported any negative test results.
Numerous laboratories in florida have misreported 100 positive coronavirus test rates according to fox 35. 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.
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.
