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If you've had a covid test recently - how long did it take to get your results?

83 replies

HettyHare · 16/11/2020 09:41

That's it really! Thanks.

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Blerg · 16/11/2020 21:11

Came through earlier - about 27 hours. We are in the SE.

ChristmasinJune · 16/11/2020 21:36

45 minutes each for my last two tests.

EspressoPatronum · 16/11/2020 21:38

Tested last Saturday at half 2, results came 6am the following Monday.

sohypnotic · 16/11/2020 21:48

48 hours from a walk-in appt last week

GaleriaFaustina · 16/11/2020 21:55

DP tested last Tuesday at 11.30am, result back 10.30am the following day. I tested on Friday at 10.15am and got the email at 11.15 the same evening!

Both of those were negative results. We are in NW.

spacegirl86 · 16/11/2020 22:09

24hrs for my daughters test last week

CoffeeRunner · 16/11/2020 22:11

I had a drive through test at 3pm yesterday (Sunday). The results email arrived at 5.05am today (Monday).

GlomOfNit · 17/11/2020 00:06

Asked to test for non-main symptoms by the ZOE app, got 11.30 am drive-in slot and heard at 5 past midnight the next day, so about 36 hours? SE.

LavenderBee · 17/11/2020 03:26

13 hours...! Positive 🙄

Somethingvague · 17/11/2020 03:47

Test at 10am Sunday, result at just after midnight (negative)... very impressed by the speed. East Anglia.

RedRec · 17/11/2020 03:53

26 hours, West Yorkshire, positive.

CarriesFlower82 · 17/11/2020 03:56

28 hours. Negative. East London.

choosername1234 · 17/11/2020 04:32

14 hours, negative. London

borntobequiet · 17/11/2020 04:46

Madeira airport, 9 hours, negative (happily).
A very efficient operation.

Iamtooknackeredtorun · 17/11/2020 06:51

15 hours. Last Friday.

TJF2020 · 17/11/2020 06:58

I had a test yesterday at 2:30pm got the results this morning at 6:15am so just under 16 hours

GetAMoveOnTroodon · 17/11/2020 06:59

Test 9.30 yesterday morning, result 23.30 yesterday evening - definitely the fastest so far!

HettyHare · 17/11/2020 11:15

Thanks all. Came back in 24 hours - negative thank goodness.

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thewalrus · 17/11/2020 11:28

4 days for DC. That's at the NHS staff/families test centre which is supposed to come back quicker than the MTUs.

Crakeandoryx · 17/11/2020 11:33

12 hours 😲. Honestly it was so quick!

Poppins17 · 17/11/2020 13:03

@LavenderBee sorry to hear your positive result.... what symptom do you have?

I had a test at 11am this morning so we’ll see how long it takes...

booboo24 · 17/11/2020 13:28

I had mine at 10am today (Zoe app) so hopefully not too long to wait

H1978 · 17/11/2020 14:00

I had one at 10.00am at a walk-in testing station, they said 48 hours, but most people I know have has results in 24 hours in my area.

LavenderBee · 17/11/2020 14:40

@Poppins17 thanks...
Cough, sore throat, metallic taste in mouth, aching limbs, sporadic back/lungs twinges?, bad stomach, lethargic

FourTeaFallOut · 17/11/2020 14:43

Tested mid morning yesterday, negative result by the time I woke up this morning.