Eastern Shore Health District announces results from mass COVID-19 testing clinic in Va.

ACCOMAC, Va. – The Eastern Shore Health District is reporting the results of the mass testing clinic that was held at Eastern Shore Community College on May 8th and 9th.

We’re told a total of 1,380 individuals were tested over the two-day event. Of those tested, 49 were positive, 1290 were negative, and 41 were inconclusive/invalid. At peak times, 120 people were tested per hour.

Officials are working to contact all the positive cases to let them know of their results and give them instructions on isolation. They plan to begin contacting those with negative results starting Monday.

In addition, health district officials say they have received reporting of approximately 2875 results out of an expected 3100 conducted at the poultry plants last week. That testing has revealed a roughly 18% positive rate, with a total positive count of roughly 510. We’re told the majority of these cases will not appear in the case counts on the VDH website for several days, as each result has to be manually entered into the database to be counted. As of today, about 85 of the 510 positive results are reflected in the case count for Accomack and Northampton counties.

Anyone with questions about the novel coronavirus situation can call the Eastern Shore Health District’s public information line at 757-787-5880.