Another ‘false positive’ test for coronavirus in the Western Isles

Official statistics this week show an additional positive case for the Western Isles.

But local health officials have confirmed that this was a ‘false positive’ as the individual involved has been retested and the NHS result has come back negative for Covid-19.

So there are no new cases of Covid-19 in the Western Isles.

Earlier this month, two other individuals in the Western Isles received ‘false positive’ test results.

However, where a result is a ‘weak positive’ in someone without risk factors for exposure to Covid-19 – as was the case with these individuals – a confirmatory test is recommended.

They were also re-tested through the NHS Western Isles laboratory and were confirmed negative.