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COVIDView: A Weekly Surveillance Summary of U.S. COVID-19 Activity

Commercial Labs

Commercial Labs
Updated Aug. 21, 2020
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This graph displays the number of respiratory specimens tested and the percent positive for SARS-CoV-2 reported to CDC by Commercial Labs.
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U.S. Commercial Laboratories Reporting to CDC
March 29, 2020 – August 15, 2020
Data as of August 20, 2020
Week No. of Labs Total (includes age unknown) 0-4 years 5-17 years 18-49 years 50-64 years 65+ years
Spec Tested # Pos % Pos Spec Tested # Pos % Pos Spec Tested # Pos % Pos Spec Tested # Pos % Pos Spec Tested # Pos % Pos Spec Tested # Pos % Pos
202014 5 532,231 124,684 23.4 8,028 527 6.6 14,039 1,935 13.8 285,648 61,214 21.4 139,403 37,655 27.0 82,564 22,830 27.7
202015 5 497,027 114,026 22.9 6,638 594 8.9 13,524 2,217 16.4 258,777 55,626 21.5 133,609 34,051 25.5 79,690 20,879 26.2
202016 5 504,868 98,509 19.5 6,314 578 9.2 15,860 2,448 15.4 243,510 46,539 19.1 131,247 26,738 20.4 85,310 17,401 20.4
202017 6 614,945 97,429 15.8 7,686 678 8.8 20,921 3,107 14.9 299,859 49,259 16.4 164,133 25,922 15.8 118,926 18,096 15.2
202018 6 739,898 95,848 13.0 9,772 832 8.5 25,998 3,780 14.5 356,738 49,857 14.0 194,679 24,045 12.4 148,236 17,025 11.5
202019 6 872,414 85,931 9.8 12,182 951 7.8 32,190 4,015 12.5 407,173 45,447 11.2 227,040 20,329 9.0 188,152 14,766 7.8
202020 6 1,096,934 83,743 7.6 15,630 1,150 7.4 41,548 4,534 10.9 503,182 44,582 8.9 283,747 18,867 6.6 246,394 14,138 5.7
202021 6 1,329,186 86,809 6.5 17,320 1,305 7.5 47,717 5,041 10.6 629,173 47,693 7.6 338,999 18,782 5.5 285,259 13,367 4.7
202022 6 1,331,140 81,548 6.1 15,949 1,144 7.2 46,522 5,066 10.9 634,923 45,776 7.2 341,011 17,655 5.2 281,972 11,646 4.1
202023 6 1,633,093 104,929 6.4 18,591 1,551 8.3 57,353 6,634 11.6 799,806 59,397 7.4 404,860 22,156 5.5 324,258 13,746 4.2
202024 6 1,810,231 125,116 6.9 22,249 1,923 8.6 70,008 8,043 11.5 905,726 74,861 8.3 423,237 23,292 5.5 322,888 13,314 4.1
202025 6 2,108,302 187,678 8.9 27,649 2,783 10.1 91,565 11,241 12.3 1,057,101 113,837 10.8 441,643 29,425 6.7 317,429 14,535 4.6
202026 6 2,521,284 256,886 10.2 36,201 3,897 10.8 131,315 16,855 12.8 1,376,147 163,839 11.9 542,886 43,485 8.0 366,009 20,170 5.5
202027 5 2,378,844 248,496 10.4 34,832 3,566 10.2 130,009 16,511 12.7 1,336,479 156,531 11.7 509,315 45,684 9.0 330,072 21,146 6.4
202028 6 2,626,854 272,278 10.4 39,439 4,173 10.6 144,766 18,959 13.1 1,473,340 168,544 11.4 573,359 53,168 9.3 372,844 26,276 7.0
202029 6 2,463,202 233,492 9.5 38,387 3,661 9.5 138,435 17,103 12.4 1,373,986 139,372 10.1 539,351 47,168 8.7 351,980 24,858 7.1
202030 6 2,173,465 187,900 8.6 34,113 3,052 8.9 117,473 13,644 11.6 1,181,484 107,755 9.1 473,205 39,550 8.4 313,669 21,820 7.0
202031 6 2,042,664 159,352 7.8 32,256 2,648 8.2 111,916 12,070 10.8 1,148,158 90,850 7.9 441,871 33,891 7.7 287,533 18,924 6.6
202032 6 1,917,325 135,080 7.0 30,839 2,340 7.6 105,692 10,419 9.9 1,078,320 76,019 7.0 415,105 28,827 6.9 276,347 16,836 6.1
202033 6 1,667,609 104,757 6.3 26,076 1,661 6.4 86,758 7,513 8.7 822,808 50,813 6.2 313,460 19,847 6.3 221,735 12,013 5.4
Total 30,861,516 2,884,491 9 440,151 39,014 9 1,443,609 171,135 12 16,172,338 1,647,811 10 7,032,160 610,537 9 5,001,267 353,786 7

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