One lab reports up to 12-day turnaround for non-priority COVID-19 tests

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TUCSON (KVOA) - Health officials say the ideal testing turnaround time to try and stop the spread of the Coronavirus is 48 hours. In part due to high demand across Arizona, some labs have trouble meeting that goal. On the Sonora Quest Laboratories data dashboard, currently the results of more than 62,000 COVID-19 tests are pending statewide.Pima County Health Director Dr. Theresa Cullen says a COVID-19 testing sample has a shelf life before it coul