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

Commercial Labs

Commercial Labs
Updated Oct. 2, 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 26, 2020
Data as of October 1, 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 5 526,985 124,011 23.5 8,002 525 6.6 13,931 1,924 13.8 283,205 60,952 21.5 138,075 37,484 27.1 81,490 22,637 27.8
202015 5 505,554 115,789 22.9 6,742 599 8.9 13,755 2,233 16.2 264,664 56,666 21.4 136,363 34,691 25.4 81,077 21,164 26.1
202016 5 500,723 98,294 19.6 6,577 600 9.1 16,220 2,495 15.4 251,980 48,618 19.3 135,588 28,059 20.7 87,648 18,152 20.7
202017 6 612,831 97,308 15.9 7,650 673 8.8 20,809 3,083 14.8 298,657 49,232 16.5 163,529 25,952 15.9 118,792 18,002 15.2
202018 6 736,392 95,845 13 9,712 835 8.6 25,840 3,786 14.7 355,113 49,795 14 193,637 24,053 12.4 147,305 17,061 11.6
202019 6 870,404 86,238 9.9 12,131 937 7.7 32,094 4,003 12.5 406,340 45,609 11.2 226,265 20,375 9 187,803 14,883 7.9
202020 6 1,092,025 83,439 7.6 15,509 1,155 7.4 41,099 4,532 11 498,256 44,446 8.9 281,447 18,800 6.7 244,448 14,019 5.7
202021 6 1,325,732 86,645 6.5 17,380 1,312 7.5 47,694 4,999 10.5 626,823 47,544 7.6 337,960 18,807 5.6 284,344 13,371 4.7
202022 6 1,299,030 76,832 5.9 15,700 1,126 7.2 44,857 4,820 10.7 618,901 43,182 7 331,782 16,281 4.9 277,024 11,177 4
202023 6 1,477,903 86,193 5.8 18,008 1,415 7.9 52,949 5,571 10.5 729,625 50,400 6.9 356,969 16,557 4.6 292,365 10,844 3.7
202024 6 1,666,775 108,709 6.5 21,640 1,808 8.4 65,195 7,103 10.9 851,684 67,696 7.9 382,855 18,981 5 292,375 10,823 3.7
202025 6 1,947,258 169,807 8.7 27,853 2,740 9.8 89,127 10,700 12 1,041,428 110,147 10.6 423,324 26,665 6.3 304,701 13,059 4.3
202026 6 2,350,578 240,590 10.2 35,312 3,741 10.6 123,942 15,645 12.6 1,293,246 155,527 12 494,687 39,125 7.9 335,635 17,983 5.4
202027 5 2,280,765 238,637 10.5 34,385 3,471 10.1 126,372 15,734 12.5 1,297,392 152,345 11.7 477,046 42,513 8.9 308,828 19,551 6.3
202028 6 2,476,309 257,875 10.4 38,629 4,051 10.5 138,259 18,026 13 1,402,715 161,396 11.5 530,537 49,139 9.3 344,727 24,187 7
202029 6 2,373,871 224,652 9.5 38,081 3,580 9.4 134,841 16,372 12.1 1,342,903 136,354 10.2 511,353 44,123 8.6 332,368 23,235 7
202030 6 2,114,923 184,812 8.7 34,344 3,051 8.9 116,218 13,238 11.4 1,179,679 108,378 9.2 460,207 38,229 8.3 303,715 20,980 6.9
202031 6 1,941,035 145,812 7.5 31,768 2,562 8.1 107,273 11,181 10.4 1,098,525 84,173 7.7 412,277 29,961 7.3 270,627 17,016 6.3
202032 6 1,845,431 124,175 6.7 30,567 2,263 7.4 101,838 9,684 9.5 1,046,517 70,789 6.8 393,508 25,642 6.5 263,198 15,284 5.8
202033 6 1,807,782 106,443 5.9 30,754 1,979 6.4 101,486 8,512 8.4 1,029,030 60,382 5.9 378,174 21,810 5.8 259,389 13,378 5.2
202034 6 1,825,536 97,183 5.3 30,684 1,737 5.7 103,177 7,487 7.3 996,573 54,242 5.4 363,875 18,596 5.1 246,244 11,452 4.7
202035 6 1,651,062 90,491 5.5 30,269 1,572 5.2 106,630 7,080 6.6 927,532 54,742 5.9 344,911 16,928 4.9 233,385 9,862 4.2
202036 6 1,662,642 86,082 5.2 30,183 1,376 4.6 106,654 6,312 5.9 944,219 53,603 5.7 341,764 15,503 4.5 231,762 8,905 3.8
202037 6 1,541,886 76,334 5 27,819 1,072 3.9 99,139 5,791 5.8 848,421 46,816 5.5 323,974 14,032 4.3 233,631 8,309 3.6
202038 6 1,759,194 83,661 4.8 33,719 1,240 3.7 129,367 7,270 5.6 955,887 49,338 5.2 366,243 15,632 4.3 263,101 9,744 3.7
202039 6 1,567,855 71,651 4.6 23,474 863 3.7 89,310 4,587 5.1 587,754 28,372 4.8 230,864 9,547 4.1 169,052 5,932 3.5
Total 39,760,481 3,257,508 8.2 616,892 46,283 7.5 2,048,076 202,168 9.9 21,177,069 1,890,744 8.9 8,737,214 667,485 7.6 6,195,034 391,010 6.3

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