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

Commercial Labs

Commercial Labs
Updated Sept. 18, 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 12, 2020
Data as of September 17, 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 5 526,975 124,009 23.5 8,001 525 6.6 13,931 1,924 13.8 283,200 60,950 21.5 138,073 37,484 27.1 81,488 22,637 27.8
202015 5 505,531 115,779 22.9 6,742 599 8.9 13,755 2,233 16.2 264,662 56,666 21.4 136,358 34,689 25.4 81,061 21,156 26.1
202016 5 500,709 98,291 19.6 6,577 600 9.1 16,220 2,495 15.4 251,972 48,616 19.3 135,586 28,059 20.7 87,644 18,151 20.7
202017 6 612,808 97,305 15.9 7,649 672 8.8 20,808 3,083 14.8 298,651 49,232 16.5 163,521 25,951 15.9 118,785 18,001 15.2
202018 6 736,369 95,845 13 9,712 835 8.6 25,840 3,786 14.7 355,101 49,795 14 193,630 24,053 12.4 147,301 17,061 11.6
202019 6 870,377 86,235 9.9 12,128 936 7.7 32,093 4,003 12.5 406,334 45,608 11.2 226,255 20,375 9 187,796 14,882 7.9
202020 6 1,091,992 83,436 7.6 15,508 1,155 7.4 41,098 4,532 11 498,239 44,445 8.9 281,439 18,798 6.7 244,442 14,019 5.7
202021 6 1,325,697 86,642 6.5 17,378 1,312 7.5 47,693 4,999 10.5 626,812 47,542 7.6 337,948 18,806 5.6 284,335 13,371 4.7
202022 6 1,298,970 76,832 5.9 15,701 1,126 7.2 44,857 4,820 10.7 618,876 43,182 7 331,767 16,281 4.9 277,003 11,177 4
202023 6 1,477,879 86,189 5.8 18,007 1,415 7.9 52,948 5,571 10.5 729,611 50,396 6.9 356,967 16,557 4.6 292,359 10,844 3.7
202024 6 1,666,635 108,693 6.5 21,637 1,808 8.4 65,180 7,101 10.9 851,624 67,688 7.9 382,827 18,976 5 292,341 10,822 3.7
202025 6 1,946,979 169,745 8.7 27,845 2,738 9.8 89,093 10,696 12 1,041,256 110,104 10.6 423,288 26,655 6.3 304,673 13,056 4.3
202026 6 2,350,408 240,565 10.2 35,311 3,741 10.6 123,932 15,643 12.6 1,293,135 155,511 12 494,650 39,121 7.9 335,624 17,980 5.4
202027 5 2,280,674 238,617 10.5 34,383 3,471 10.1 126,355 15,731 12.4 1,297,329 152,332 11.7 477,043 42,510 8.9 308,822 19,550 6.3
202028 6 2,476,375 257,816 10.4 38,626 4,051 10.5 138,240 18,017 13 1,402,896 161,362 11.5 530,485 49,126 9.3 344,688 24,184 7
202029 6 2,374,218 224,622 9.5 38,080 3,580 9.4 134,849 16,372 12.1 1,343,271 136,330 10.1 511,341 44,118 8.6 332,353 23,234 7
202030 6 2,112,369 184,786 8.7 34,320 3,051 8.9 116,044 13,235 11.4 1,178,391 108,360 9.2 459,629 38,227 8.3 303,230 20,978 6.9
202031 6 1,938,017 145,745 7.5 31,751 2,561 8.1 107,116 11,175 10.4 1,096,872 84,134 7.7 411,596 29,946 7.3 270,125 17,010 6.3
202032 6 1,844,490 124,070 6.7 30,562 2,262 7.4 101,803 9,676 9.5 1,046,047 70,735 6.8 393,267 25,610 6.5 263,004 15,274 5.8
202033 6 1,805,178 105,995 5.9 30,693 1,969 6.4 101,272 8,462 8.4 1,027,676 60,132 5.9 377,577 21,724 5.8 259,007 13,326 5.1
202034 6 1,820,078 96,688 5.3 30,568 1,720 5.6 102,851 7,416 7.2 994,395 53,983 5.4 362,941 18,499 5.1 245,623 11,396 4.6
202035 6 1,647,982 90,313 5.5 30,150 1,567 5.2 106,342 7,061 6.6 925,918 54,651 5.9 344,256 16,894 4.9 232,943 9,831 4.2
202036 6 1,656,808 85,705 5.2 30,000 1,369 4.6 106,026 6,262 5.9 941,287 53,410 5.7 340,473 15,425 4.5 230,760 8,850 3.8
202037 6 1,467,711 70,938 4.8 24,292 914 3.8 85,170 4,880 5.7 729,506 39,357 5.4 280,447 11,832 4.2 204,342 7,100 3.5
Total 36,335,229 3,094,861 8.5 555,621 43,977 7.9 1,813,516 189,173 10.4 19,503,061 1,804,521 9.3 8,091,364 639,716 7.9 5,729,749 373,890 6.5

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