A Floyd County hospital says a woman patient has tested positive for the new coronavirus.
If the initial test results are confirmed by the CDC, she would become the third patient with the disease in Georgia.
The case — if it’s a confirmed positive test — illustrates the problem of lags in diagnostic testing for coronavirus, called COVID-19. The virus has led to 12 deaths in the U.S. and has sickened more than 200 others.
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