That's not my question. If you test positive for COVID. You need to test negative twice after your symptoms subside in order to be classified as recovered.

So, how many of these negative tests are because people who once tested positive, are now in recovery mode and are starting to test negative?

Conversely, how many positives are from people testing positive multiple times waiting for the virus to work its way out to get the negative results?

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Posted by fightin tigers

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Posted on 3/28/20 at 1:48 pm to Weekend Warrior79

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So, how many of these negative tests are because people who once tested positive, are now in recovery mode and are starting to test negative?

Conversely, how many positives are from people testing positive multiple times waiting for the virus to work its way out to get the negative results?

I haven't heard of anyone getting a test to see if they still have covid. The ones I know were just told that they were healthy 7 days after their last symptom.

Might be why La isn't listing 'recovered'

This post was edited on 3/28/20 at 1:50 pm

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Posted by Cymry Teigr

Member since Sep 2012

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Posted on 3/28/20 at 1:51 pm to Weekend Warrior79

It is my understanding the independent lab test reports are running 5-7 days behind the date the person actually went for testing. So it would be highly unlikely that at this point we already have that many people returning for 2nd and 3rd tests. Also, when they are tested for that and are no longer positive, they’ll be moved to the “recovered” statistic which hasn’t started being reported yet (either because we aren’t testing or reporting it).

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