Physicians Quality Care received another 20 COVID-19 test results Monday, and no results were positive for the coronavirus. Since March 18, PQC has tested 1,224 patients for the virus in its secure COVID-19 Clinic on Pleasant Plains Extension in Jackson, and 1,160 test results have been returned.

A total number of 54 patients, spread out across the area, had positive test results.

Meanwhile, PQC tested another 40 people Monday for COVID-19 IgG antibodies. Patients who are not exhibiting symptoms for COVID-19 can walk in to PQC’s urgent care clinics in Jackson and Milan to get their blood drawn for the antibody test.

Physicians Quality Care, in partnership with LabCorp, a nationally accredited testing laboratory, is offering specific tests for COVID-19 (Sars-CoV-2). IgG antibodies are the body’s immune system response to fighting off the presence of a virus. PQC has done 426 tests for antibodies since it started offering them last week.

“The answers to what does it mean to have antibodies for COVID-19 will come as we continue to learn more about this virus,” said Dr. Jimmy Hoppers, CEO of Physicians Quality Care, “However, we do know that the presence of antibodies to other diseases caused by a virus – measles, mumps, flu, chicken pox – confers a much lower risk of getting the disease or spreading it to others.”

The FDA has said that, “Experience with other viruses suggests that individuals whose blood contains antibodies associated with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection – provided they are recovered and not currently infected with the virus – may be able to resume work and other daily activities in society.”

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.

Telemedicine is available during those hours.

Because all COVID-19-concerned patients are directed to the Jackson location’s secure COVID-19 clinic, PQC in Milan has new hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.