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A technician conducts COVID-19 tests at a new facility Friday in Valencia on Oct. 30, 2020. The lab, run by PerkinElmer, was expected to allow the state to process an additional 150,000 COVID-19 tests per day but so far result times have lagged. Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP Photo/Pool

COVID tests lagging: Slower turnaround times creeping back for Californians

by Barbara Feder Ostrov December 11, 2020December 10, 2020

The average turnaround time for COVID-19 test results rose 30% in November as people flocked to test sites before Thanksgiving. Pressure on labs is expected to intensify.