The trend line in blue shows the average percentage of tests that were positive over the last 7 days. This graph shows the total daily number of virus tests conducted in each state and of those tests, how many were positive each day. Learn more about why the positivity rates shown on our site may differ from state calculationsĪbout this page: Rate of Positive Tests in the US and States Over Time How Much Of The Disease Are We Finding Through Tests?
States that wish to track the number of serology tests being performed should report those numbers separately from viral tests performed to diagnose COVID-19. States that include serology tests within their overall COVID-19 testing numbers are misrepresenting their testing capacity and the extent to which they are working to identify COVID-19 infections within their communities. Antibody tests are not used to diagnose active COVID-19 infection and they do not provide insights into the number of cases of COVID-19 diagnosed or whether viral testing is sufficient to find infections that are occurring within each state. When states report testing numbers for COVID-19 infection, they should not include serology or antibody tests. This is an important limitation to the data that is available to track testing in the U.S., and states should work to address it. Currently, states may not be distinguishing overall tests administered from the number of individuals who have been tested. When states report the number of COVID-19 tests performed, this should include the number of viral tests performed and the number of patients for which these tests were performed. and to know whether enough testing is occurring. It is important to track the testing that states are doing to diagnose people with COVID-19 infection in order to gauge the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. The CRC also now includes non-resident tests in Alaska and Florida and probable cases in Hawaii. Prior to that, the data source was the The COVID Tracking Project.ģ/24 Note: Previous spikes in historical data for total and positive tests in the graphic were anomalies caused by the shift in data collection that began March 3 when the Coronavirus Resource Center (CRC) began obtaining data from the Johns Hopkins Centers for Civic Impact rather than from the COVID Tracking Project (CTP), which ceased operations March 7. As of March 3, 2021, testing data is drawn from JHU CCI.
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