85% symptomatic negative cases of rapid-antigen tests underwent retest in October: Delhi Govt Data

12:10:00 AM, Wednesday 28th of October 2020 | in coronavirus

Around 85 per cent of the symptomatic patients, who tested negative for COVID-19 in the rapid-antigen test, have been retested by the health authorities in Delhi so far this month using the more reliable RT-PCR method, according to official data. In September, only 10 to 15 per cent of such cases were being followed up with an RT-PCR test, the data showed.