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

Commercial Labs

Commercial Labs
Updated Sept. 25, 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 – September 19, 2020
Data as of September 24, 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 5 526,982 124,010 23.5 8,002 525 6.6 13,931 1,924 13.8 283,202 60,951 21.5 138,075 37,484 27.1 81,490 22,637 27.8
202015 5 505,550 115,788 22.9 6,742 599 8.9 13,755 2,233 16.2 264,663 56,666 21.4 136,361 34,690 25.4 81,076 21,164 26.1
202016 5 500,719 98,294 19.6 6,577 600 9.1 16,220 2,495 15.4 251,979 48,618 19.3 135,587 28,059 20.7 87,646 18,152 20.7
202017 6 612,821 97,307 15.9 7,649 672 8.8 20,809 3,083 14.8 298,656 49,233 16.5 163,524 25,952 15.9 118,789 18,001 15.2
202018 6 736,386 95,845 13.0 9,712 835 8.6 25,840 3,786 14.7 355,110 49,795 14.0 193,636 24,053 12.4 147,303 17,061 11.6
202019 6 870,400 86,237 9.9 12,130 936 7.7 32,094 4,003 12.5 406,340 45,609 11.2 226,264 20,375 9.0 187,801 14,883 7.9
202020 6 1,092,019 83,439 7.6 15,509 1,155 7.4 41,099 4,532 11.0 498,256 44,446 8.9 281,447 18,800 6.7 244,442 14,019 5.7
202021 6 1,325,728 86,644 6.5 17,380 1,312 7.5 47,694 4,999 10.5 626,822 47,544 7.6 337,959 18,806 5.6 284,342 13,371 4.7
202022 6 1,299,017 76,832 5.9 15,701 1,126 7.2 44,857 4,820 10.7 618,892 43,182 7.0 331,782 16,281 4.9 277,019 11,177 4.0
202023 6 1,477,901 86,193 5.8 18,007 1,415 7.9 52,949 5,571 10.5 729,624 50,400 6.9 356,970 16,557 4.6 292,364 10,844 3.7
202024 6 1,666,704 108,697 6.5 21,638 1,808 8.4 65,185 7,101 10.9 851,653 67,690 7.9 382,843 18,977 5.0 292,359 10,823 3.7
202025 6 1,947,143 169,777 8.7 27,850 2,739 9.8 89,112 10,699 12.0 1,041,352 110,125 10.6 423,309 26,660 6.3 304,695 13,058 4.3
202026 6 2,350,506 240,582 10.2 35,312 3,741 10.6 123,935 15,644 12.6 1,293,206 155,523 12.0 494,668 39,124 7.9 335,629 17,981 5.4
202027 5 2,280,694 238,623 10.5 34,383 3,471 10.1 126,361 15,733 12.5 1,297,341 152,334 11.7 477,041 42,511 8.9 308,826 19,551 6.3
202028 6 2,476,397 257,847 10.4 38,629 4,051 10.5 138,249 18,020 13.0 1,402,850 161,383 11.5 530,515 49,131 9.3 344,713 24,186 7.0
202029 6 2,374,077 224,629 9.5 38,080 3,580 9.4 134,841 16,372 12.1 1,343,132 136,337 10.2 511,342 44,118 8.6 332,358 23,234 7.0
202030 6 2,112,310 184,787 8.7 34,321 3,051 8.9 116,038 13,235 11.4 1,178,304 108,361 9.2 459,644 38,226 8.3 303,243 20,978 6.9
202031 6 1,938,259 145,775 7.5 31,752 2,561 8.1 107,129 11,176 10.4 1,096,991 84,152 7.7 411,659 29,955 7.3 270,163 17,012 6.3
202032 6 1,844,902 124,120 6.7 30,563 2,262 7.4 101,813 9,679 9.5 1,046,255 70,758 6.8 393,378 25,628 6.5 263,088 15,280 5.8
202033 6 1,807,196 106,373 5.9 30,749 1,978 6.4 101,456 8,507 8.4 1,028,718 60,339 5.9 378,025 21,797 5.8 259,298 13,370 5.2
202034 6 1,822,825 97,016 5.3 30,659 1,733 5.7 103,093 7,468 7.2 995,852 54,141 5.4 363,556 18,568 5.1 246,015 11,438 4.6
202035 6 1,649,413 90,378 5.5 30,181 1,569 5.2 106,436 7,066 6.6 926,723 54,688 5.9 344,604 16,906 4.9 233,132 9,842 4.2
202036 6 1,660,463 85,970 5.2 30,092 1,375 4.6 106,289 6,297 5.9 943,345 53,558 5.7 341,283 15,482 4.5 231,400 8,879 3.8
202037 6 1,545,615 76,650 5.0 27,866 1,075 3.9 99,357 5,811 5.8 850,927 47,035 5.5 324,645 14,091 4.3 233,900 8,325 3.6
202038 6 1,559,669 71,894 4.6 30,005 1,083 3.6 113,599 6,270 5.5 831,838 41,820 5.0 321,633 13,234 4.1 233,285 8,340 3.6
Total 37,983,696 3,173,707 8.4 589,489 45,252 7.7 1,942,141 196,524 10.1 20,462,031 1,854,688 9.1 8,459,750 655,465 7.7 5,994,376 383,606 6.4

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