Negative Results For Covid 19. Conventional diagnostic tests for the novel coronavirus may give false-negative results about 30 of the time meaning people with an active COVID-19 infection still test negative for the disease. The trustworthiness of a negative result depends on the type of test you took when you tested and how much contact youve had with other people.
Its possible that you had the virus but that. If your test is negative youll get a text message to say that the test did not detect COVID-19. In a seven-study analysis a team of researchers from Johns Hopkins University found that patients who were tested with the most common coronavirus test known as an RT-PCR test soon after becoming infected with the virus.
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If you have been tested positive for coronavirus. The negative likelihood ratio is 03 which is a moderate result but not nearly as compelling as a positive result because of the moderate sensitivity about 70 of the covid-19 test. A lateral flow test is a coronavirus test you do yourself. Parents can call to receive results for their children.