Infected with Covid 19 or Infected by Covid 19.

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1)I am infected with Covid 19

2)I am infected by Covid 19.


Which one is correct?
 

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Both are unnatural. However, if, for some reason, you really want to use "I am infected" or (better) "I was./have been infected", follow it with "with".

Native speakers would say "Disaster! I've got Covid!"
 

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Native speakers would say "Disaster! I've got Covid!"

How to say it formally that one got Covid? I see people saying "I am tested positive". I want to say it in past tense. Now the person is recovered. I am searching for a better alternative than "I was tested positive".
 

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How [STRIKE]to[/STRIKE] does one say [STRIKE]it[/STRIKE] formally that one got Covid?
We don't start questions with "How to".

I see people saying "I am tested positive".
If they're saying that, they're not native speakers. You should hear "I have tested positive [for Covid]" or "I tested positive [for Covid]".

I want to say it in the past tense.

Now the person [STRIKE]is[/STRIKE] has recovered.

I am searching for a [STRIKE]better[/STRIKE] good alternative [STRIKE]than[/STRIKE] to "I was tested positive".

Almost anything would be a good alternative to "I was tested positive" because that is ungrammatical.

Why do you need to say it "formally"?

"I tested/have tested positive for Covid" works in any setting, in my opinion.
 

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Why do you need to say it "formally"?
One needs to send an email to his boss explaining why he was not able to finish his work on time. Will 'I had tested positive work'?
 

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I see no need for the past perfect.

Someone has already recovered and no longer Covid positive. I meant it in this context.
 

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Someone has already recovered and no longer Covid positive. I meant it in this context.

I am not sure what you mean by that. Who is "Someone"?
 

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There is still no need for a past perfect unless you are relating this to a later past event.

I understand. Although he has recovered from Covid, we are dealing with an issue pertaining to it. So, present perfect will work. Am I correct?


If we talk about it in two years on how someone was infected, then past perfect will work. Is my understanding correct?
 

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Try:

He contracted Covid, but he has already recovered.

He recovered sooner than expected. Another example:

Bob: Did you finish your homework already?
Sally: Yep.

Sally finished her homework sooner than expected. Here's another:

Bob: Did you finish sweeping out the garage already?
Jim: Yep.

Jim finished sweeping out the garage sooner than expected.. Here's another:

Bob: Have you finished eating already?
Larry: Yep.

Larry finished eating sooner than expected.
 

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One needs to send an email to his boss explaining why he was not able to finish his work on time. Will 'I had tested positive work'?

I tested is enough. The past perfect is not a more formal form of the past simple.
 

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Do you mean something like "I (your "someone") couldn't finish the work in time because I had tested positive for COVID-19 (and I had been hospitalized)"?
 

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You are correct.
 

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You are correct.

OK.
Let's wait for native speakers to respond.
(I've got Likes, but I'm not sure if my sentences are natural.)
 

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Do you mean something like "I (your "someone") couldn't finish the work in time because I had tested positive for COVID-19 (and I had been hospitalized)"?

These are not general terms, though- they are specific contexts.
 
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