Health Department Reports False-Positive COVID-19 Tests

(Providence, RI)--The Rhode Island Department of Health says it has been made aware by a private laboratory of over one-hundred false-positive COVID-19 tests for Rhode Island residents.RIDOH says the lab is a partner of East Side Clinical Laboratory, and that the one-hundred-13 tests were not run at the health department's labs.Officials are reaching out to the affected individuals.

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