Physicians Quality Care - 2 more patients test positive for COVID-19

Physicians Quality Care – 2 more patients test positive for COVID-19

Two more area residents learned Thursday that they tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of Physicians Quality Care patients with positive test results to 61.

Since March 18, PQC has tested 1,591 people for the coronavirus and received results on 1,570 of those tests. The new patients with positive results are a Madison County resident and a Crockett County resident.

PQC’s updated breakdown of positive test results by county is Madison County, 37; Gibson, 8; Haywood, 8; Carroll, 2; Henderson, 3; Obion, 1; Crockett, 1; and McNairy, 1.

Meanwhile, PQC continues to test patients for COVID-19 (Sars-CoV-2) IgG antibodies. IgG antibodies are the body’s immune system response to fighting off the presence of a virus.

Patients seeking tests for COVID-19 antibodies and other urgent care patients can walk in to the PQC’s urgent care clinics in Jackson and Milan without the risk of being exposed to the virus, said Dr. Jimmy Hoppers, CEO. Since mid-March, PQC has separated all patients who are concerned they may have the virus from its other urgent care and primary care patients.

“We want people to know they can safely come for medical care without the risk of getting COVID-19,” Hoppers said.

Physicians Quality Care will continue to test people for the virus and for antibodies to the virus as the economy slowly opens, Hoppers said. “We are still learning about this virus. For example, in new guidance for public health officials released this week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that new data collected before April 29 shows that about a third of the people who have had the virus were asymptomatic.”

PQC has treated and tested more people for COVID-19 than any other commercially owned medical clinic in the area. As part of its efforts to help reduce the spread of the virus, the clinic is also participating in a national research study of patients who have recovered from COVID-19. With all of its COVID-19-related testing, Physicians Quality Care is working with nationally accredited laboratories that are following FDA guidelines, said Hoppers.

For more information call 731-984-8400 or visit physiciansqualitycare.com. PQC in Jackson is open 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week. PQC in Milan is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and it plans to return to 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week on June 1.