COVID-19 Test Capacity

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COVID lab test capacity in U.S. Reflects number of patients that can be tested daily per lab with two samples per patient. Please update Abigail.Keller@AEI.org

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    18 Mar 2020

    As high throughput systems come online this week, testing capacity will substantially increase nationwide. Any limitations will be the testing supply chain (reagents, swabs, sites, etc) - not platforms for conducting testing.

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  2. Black and brown Americans are disproportionately impacted by and its economic toll. explains why that might be →

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  3. THREAD: We're launching a new tool today to provide county-level insight into COVID infection risk, as assessed by local positivity rates measured against historical infection rates in an area. From the data, we derive a Local Risk Index within each county

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  4. 24 May 2020
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  5. 24 May 2020

    We're launching a new tool today to provide county-level insight into COVID infection risk, as assessed by local positivity rates measured against historical infection rates in an area. From the data, we derive a Local Risk Index within each county

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  6. testing in the U.S. continues to ramp up; and in hot spot states like New York, New Jersey, Louisiana sharply exceeds the testing density in other countries.

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  7. Wishing my former FDA colleagues a happy, healthy holiday. FDA's professional staff have been working on a historic mobilization to lead a robust response to one of the worst public heath emergencies in modern times. They're making landmark progress on testing, tracing, treatment

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  8. THREAD: In our report on steps to reopen America, we reference the need to be able to test at least 750,000 people a week. That number is being discussed. Here is more clarification on how we derived it, and what it means. 1/n

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  9. 27 Mar 2020

    For select city level case tracking data, visit

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  10. We have updated our list of where you can provide assistance to different states, and what they need, to help in fight.

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  11. 21 Mar 2020

    As high throughput capacity continues to come online, track the regulatory status of these tests and others:

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  12. Our last update on U.S. testing capacity. As high throughput systems come online this week, testing capacity will substantially increase nationwide. Any limitations will be the testing supply chain (reagents, swabs, sites, etc) - not platforms for conducting testing.

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  13. 16 Mar 2020

    Updating for testing at MassGeneral/ Brigham and Women’s, UPMC, and BioReference Laboratories

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  14. 15 Mar 2020

    Updating for clarified UW Virology numbers and added capacity from Solaris Diagnostics

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  15. 14 Mar 2020

    Thanks for the hard work by the technical team from to install our new Panther instrument. This will allow to do an extra 1000 tests a day by the middle of next week.

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  16. 15 Mar 2020

    Updated to reflect testing at WashU and increasing capacity at UW virology, LabCorp, and Quest

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  17. 14 Mar 2020

    Wow… samples from 2360 people tested for yesterday (3/13) by ! Still about 8% positive. We have reached our daily testing capacity for now until new instruments come on line next week.

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  18. 14 Mar 2020

    Updated to reflected new testing at Yale New Haven and University of California medical centers

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  19. 13 Mar 2020

    Updated to reflect testing at Cleveland Clinic, Hackensack Meridian Health, and TriCore Reference Laboratories

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  20. 13 Mar 2020

    Updated to reflect testing lab capacity at Assurance Scientific Labs and increased capacity in CA public health labs, Stanford, and NorthShore University HealthSystems

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