Ohio Governor Mike DeWine now tests NEGATIVE for coronavirus just hours after positive result scuppered Trump meeting
A SECOND coronavirus test for Governor Mike DeWine has come back negative, hours after he tested positive and scrapped a meeting with President Donald Trump.
The Ohio gov announced he tested negative for in a statement on Twitter Thursday evening.
He said he was asymptomatic and had planned to quarantine at home for the next two weeks.
The second test - the PCR test - is known as the more sensitive and accurate of the two because it looks at specific genetic material for the virus.
DeWine explained the efficacy of the PCR test in a lengthy after announcing his negative results.
He is the second governor known to have contracted the virus, after Governor Kevin Stitt.
As DeWine announced his diagnosis, over the last two weeks.
An analysis found that new daily cases are rising in 26 states - including Ohio.
More than 4.9 million Americans have been infected with COVID-19 and at least 159,000 have died as of Thursday, according to a New York Times database.