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Increased testing, positivity rates slowing down results turnaround times

You may have to wait a little bit longer for your results if you are getting tested for COVID-19 at Door County Medical Center.

 

The hospital announced on Thursday that patients getting tested may have to wait as long as 72 hours for their results to be verified.  With the installation of new equipment and lower testing volumes, Door County Medical Center had gotten the turnaround time down to about 24 hours. Approximately 58 percent of the 253 tests taken since Monday have come back positive.

 

Pharmacies have struggled to keep the at-home tests on their shelves as people purchased them to test before and immediately following holiday gatherings. Those types of tests can get you results in as little as 15 minutes. Back in October, Door County Medical Center Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jim Heise told Door County Daily News that those tests can be useful, but should not be treated as a gold standard.

The state reported the third-most new COVID-19 cases in a single day on Wednesday at 7,772. Only November 12th and 17th in 2020 were higher. The seven-day average is the highest it has been since November 28th, 2020 and the seven-day average test positivity rate rose to a record high of 18.3 percent.

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