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Originally Posted by coffeebean
I’ve been wondering about this for a while regarding the positive test results......
When a person tests positive, they need to be retested a few more times and must have two consecutive negative test results in order to be considered safe to go back out into the community.
Now my question and concern...... each time that SAME person is tested and gets a positive result, is that considered a “new case” for each time a test results in a positive result?
If that is truly the case, the amount of positive “cases” is certainly NOT accurate.
Hope I made my point clear.
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This is from the the Florida State website:
These counts include the number of people for whom the department received PCR or antigen laboratory results by day. People tested on multiple days will be included for each day a new result was received. A person is only counted once for each day they are tested, regardless of whether multiple specimens are tested or multiple results are received.
So if tested several times on same day = one result
If tested on multiple days = multiple results