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

Commercial Labs

Commercial Labs
Updated Aug. 28, 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 22, 2020
Data as of August 27, 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 5 532,226 124,682 23.4 8,030 527 6.6 14,036 1,934 13.8 285,654 61,218 21.4 139,396 37,653 27.0 82,562 22,826 27.6
202015 5 497,024 114,024 22.9 6,637 594 8.9 13,524 2,217 16.4 258,773 55,625 21.5 133,612 34,051 25.5 79,689 20,879 26.2
202016 5 504,876 98,510 19.5 6,314 578 9.2 15,864 2,448 15.4 243,512 46,538 19.1 131,246 26,736 20.4 85,317 17,403 20.4
202017 6 614,953 97,435 15.8 7,688 679 8.8 20,922 3,107 14.9 299,875 49,266 16.4 164,123 25,917 15.8 118,924 18,099 15.2
202018 6 739,901 95,849 13.0 9,773 832 8.5 26,002 3,780 14.5 356,729 49,854 14.0 194,687 24,049 12.4 148,234 17,025 11.5
202019 6 872,433 85,931 9.8 12,182 951 7.8 32,189 4,015 12.5 407,176 45,452 11.2 227,043 20,328 9.0 188,169 14,762 7.8
202020 6 1,096,964 83,745 7.6 15,630 1,151 7.4 41,549 4,533 10.9 503,201 44,582 8.9 283,758 18,869 6.6 246,391 14,138 5.7
202021 6 1,329,210 86,819 6.5 17,321 1,305 7.5 47,713 5,042 10.6 629,181 47,701 7.6 339,015 18,781 5.5 285,265 13,369 4.7
202022 6 1,331,173 81,549 6.1 15,950 1,143 7.2 46,522 5,066 10.9 634,944 45,773 7.2 341,020 17,660 5.2 281,973 11,646 4.1
202023 6 1,633,198 104,932 6.4 18,595 1,551 8.3 57,358 6,637 11.6 799,848 59,393 7.4 404,888 22,155 5.5 324,280 13,750 4.2
202024 6 1,810,343 125,122 6.9 22,251 1,924 8.6 70,013 8,042 11.5 905,796 74,862 8.3 423,254 23,297 5.5 322,909 13,316 4.1
202025 6 2,108,430 187,702 8.9 27,652 2,785 10.1 91,571 11,242 12.3 1,057,156 113,844 10.8 441,687 29,430 6.7 317,445 14,538 4.6
202026 6 2,521,393 256,909 10.2 36,198 3,895 10.8 131,363 16,863 12.8 1,376,192 163,850 11.9 542,890 43,491 8.0 366,020 20,170 5.5
202027 5 2,379,186 248,524 10.4 34,839 3,566 10.2 130,028 16,509 12.7 1,336,646 156,549 11.7 509,390 45,691 9.0 330,160 21,150 6.4
202028 6 2,627,253 272,394 10.4 39,446 4,175 10.6 144,788 18,960 13.1 1,473,535 168,618 11.4 573,455 53,189 9.3 372,927 26,294 7.1
202029 6 2,464,204 233,769 9.5 38,415 3,667 9.5 138,524 17,124 12.4 1,374,434 139,526 10.2 539,621 47,228 8.8 352,147 24,894 7.1
202030 6 2,180,062 188,527 8.6 34,168 3,059 9.0 117,630 13,687 11.6 1,182,701 108,009 9.1 473,884 39,655 8.4 314,120 21,881 7.0
202031 6 2,044,942 159,414 7.8 32,267 2,650 8.2 111,956 12,080 10.8 1,149,580 90,888 7.9 442,433 33,895 7.7 287,741 18,932 6.6
202032 6 1,933,109 135,663 7.0 30,925 2,345 7.6 106,084 10,454 9.9 1,088,358 76,411 7.0 419,310 28,945 6.9 277,950 16,914 6.1
202033 6 1,865,092 115,952 6.2 30,476 1,988 6.5 103,902 9,113 8.8 1,042,294 64,022 6.1 394,572 24,687 6.3 268,658 14,775 5.5
202034 6 1,626,265 91,555 5.6 22,465 1,207 5.4 72,811 5,344 7.3 649,298 35,442 5.5 241,477 12,473 5.2 173,276 7,990 4.6
Total 32,712,237 2,989,007 9 467,222 40,572 9 1,534,349 178,197 12 17,054,883 1,697,423 10 7,360,761 628,180 9 5,224,157 364,751 7

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