Latest Coronavirus Test For Sen. Kelly Loeffler Was Negative

Updated at 3:30 p.m. Sunday

ATLANTA, GA — The latest reported coronavirus test taken by Republican Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler was negative, according to a report from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Loeffler took the test Sunday morning, two days after her campaign said a positive result was reported.

Stephen Lawson, the Loeffler campaign's communications director, at first said a test the senator underwent on Friday came up positive. The same test, a PCR test, was later determined to be negative, Lawson said.

Loeffler, who is in the midst of a runoff election campaign to hold her seat against Democratic challenger the Rev. Raphael Warnock, took two coronavirus tests Friday morning and the rapid test came back negative, Lawson said. The positive test came back after she was cleared to attend campaign events on Friday — according to Lawson.

Campaign events in Atlanta on Friday involved Loeffler interacting with Vice President Mike Pence and David Perdue, the other Georgia Republican senator facing a runoff election. Loeffler was not wearing a mask while with Pence and Perdue, according to a CNN report.

Results from additional tests Loeffler had taken Saturday morning came back inconclusive, Lawson said. Loeffler is not experiencing any symptoms, he added.

"Senator Loeffler followed CDC guidelines by notifying those with whom she had sustained direct contact while she awaits further test results," Lawson said in a statement. "She has no symptoms and she will continue to follow CDC guidelines by quarantining until retesting is conclusive and an update will be provided at that time.”

The senator will continue to self-quarantine.

“Out of an abundance of caution, she will continue to self-isolate and be retested again to hopefully receive consecutive negative test results," Lawson said. "We will share those results as they are made available. She will continue to confer with medical experts and follow CDC guidelines.”