Five people at a nursing home in Dade County, Georgia, who tested positive for COVID-19 have since been tested again for the virus, and the second results came back negative.
On Tuesday, May 19, eight people were tested for COVID-19 at Dade Health and Rehab. Two days later, the results came back positive for four employees and one resident.
The facility’s administrator, Trina Massengale, said the four employees were part of the facility’s administrative staff and had very little contact with the residents. The one resident who tested positive hadn’t been out of the facility.
Massengale said the tests came from a different package than what the nasal swab tests usually came in. The staff was concerned that something might have been off with the tests.
The four employees were showing no symptoms at the time and were tested voluntarily. The one resident had a sore throat but no fever or other symptoms.