× Help support our COVID-19 coverage We're providing access to COVID-19 articles for free. Log in Sign up Become a MemberIn the ever-changing landscape of coronavirus testing, just who is being tested, how many people are tested and how many results are still pending will affect daily numbers. Part of that drop can be attributed to 608 lab results from Test Nebraska with a low positivity rate, said Pat Lopez, interim director of the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department. A backlog of test results also affects daily totals and positive percentage rates, she said. Bryan officials said last week it's taking three days or more to get results from the commercial lab, and the hospital had 916 test results pending as of Thursday.

Source: Daily Sun May 18, 2020 01:41 UTC