A patient living in Obion County is the latest to have positive results for a coronavirus test at Physicians Quality Care’s secure COVID-19 clinic on Pleasant Plains Extended in Jackson.

PQC now has 17 positive tests out of 396 results it has received from national, CDC-approved laboratories. The clinic has tested a total of 503 patients and is awaiting results on 107 of those tests.

The breakdown of people with the coronavirus from PQC testing is Madison County, 11 people with the coronavirus; Gibson County, 2; Carroll County, 1; McNairy County, 1; Henderson County, 1; and Obion County, 1.

“We continue to encourage people who are worried that they may have been exposed to COVID-19, have someone at home at high risk or think they themselves are at increased risk,” said Dr. Jimmy Hoppers, CEO at Physicians Quality Care, “Patients are asked to quarantine themselves while they wait for the results to come back from the labs.”

All of PQC’s test kits are FDA approved and sent to CDC-approved, nationally accredited reference laboratories.

PQC is operating three separate clinics at its Jackson location, each with separate entrances and exam rooms. Besides the COVID-19 isolated clinic, PQC also has a clinic for urgent care patients who are not showing symptoms related to COVID-19 and for primary care and OCCMed patients.

Patients with COVID-19 concerns should call PQC ahead of time or from the clinic’s parking lot when they arrive. They will be given a mask, brought through the COVID-19 clinic entrance and taken directly to an exam room without waiting.

Besides the test for COVID-19, the exam includes a medical history, physical exam and screening for other common illnesses that are treatable yet may mimic COVID-19 symptoms.

The Jackson location is open 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week.

With all COVID-19 concerned patients directed to Jackson, the Milan location is open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

For more information, call 731-984-8400 or visit physiciansqualitycare.com.