Alabama Lab: Patients As Young As 12 Test Positive For COVID-19

BIRMINGHAM, AL—According to Asurance Scientific Laboratories, out the 1,000 tests conducted so far, 25 people have tested positive for the coronavirus. The ages of the patients who've tested positive for the virus have ranged from 12 to the mid-70s, company officials said Tuesday.

Eleven of those positives were from Friday and 14 were from Saturday. Of that number, about ten percent of positives were from people who did not present any symptoms, company officials said.

"These positives are not just from the Birmingham area, we have had several patients drive from across the state for testing as well as physicians and hospitals sending samples in," company officials said in a statement Tuesday.

Most individuals that tested positive has had mild symptoms, according to the company. The company also said that most people who are getting tested are in their mid-20s to 40s.

"We are not seeing a lot of individuals over age 60 being tested," company officials said.

Assurance Scientific Laboratories began testing people for the coronavirus on Friday at its Vestavia and Bessemer locations. This week the company announced it teamed up with Church of the Highlands and Christ Health Center to expand its COVID-19 drive-thru testing by moving to Grandview Parkway in Birmingham.

The Alabama Department of Public Health confirmed Tuesday that there are now 36 cases of the coronavirus in Alabama. Twenty of those cases are in Jefferson County.

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