12 people infected with the coronavirus were falsely told they'd tested negative

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

and at least one was hospitalized

A dozen people tested for the coronavirus in Delaware were initially incorrectly told they tested negative by the state department of health — and at least one man is now hospitalized.

Delaware's Health and Social Services department said the 12 individuals, who were all infected with the virus, were told over the phone that their test results came back negative due to "an internal DPH system error."

"In partnership with Walgreens, 2,791 samples were collected for processing through the Delaware Public Health Lab in the first week of testing. In the process of results delivery, 12 persons who tested positive for COVID-19 were inadvertently given negative results by phone due to an internal DPH system error," the department said in a statement to CNN.

The department noted that there weren't any issues with the sample collection at the three Walgreens locations where tests were conducted.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/12-people-infected-with-the-coronavirus-were-falsely-told-theyd-tested-negative-%e2%80%94-and-at-least-one-was-hospitalized/ar-BB17bGBb?li=BBnb7Kz

[louis-t]

1. I'm hearing 30% of results are faulty.

2 or 3% is acceptable, but 30?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. I have likewise heard that an unconscionable number of tests have

false negatives. I believe some of the tests have a similar false positive. Which means the results aren't a whole lot better than flipping a coin. Of course, if you have symptoms, you may well have the virus.