| 112 |
USA |
United States - tests performed |
2020-10-24 |
https://healthdata.gov/sites/default/files/covid-19_diagnostic_lab_testing_20201026_0109.csv |
Department of Health & Human Services |
|
238 |
141802715 |
428.404 |
419926 |
1.2690000000000001 |
868548 |
2.6239999999999997 |
0.073 |
13.708 |
United States Department of Health & Human Services |
https://healthdata.gov/dataset/covid-19-diagnostic-laboratory-testing-pcr-testing-time-series |
The number of tests performed. The figures are the sum across states, some of which may include serology tests in addition to PCR tests. |
Since August 2020, our principal time series for the United States is based on the CSV file made available by the Department of Health & Human Services on HealthData.gov.
It "includes viral COVID-19 laboratory test (PCR) results from over 1,000 U.S. laboratories and testing locations including commercial and reference laboratories, public health laboratories, hospital laboratories, and other testing locations."
The source notes that "data presented here is representative of diagnostic specimens being tested - not individual people (...). Data presented might not represent the most current counts for the most recent 3 days due to the time it takes to report testing information. The data may also not include results from all potential testing sites within the jurisdiction (e.g., non-laboratory or point of care test sites) and therefore reflect the majority, but not all, of COVID-19 testing being conducted in the United States."
It is also explained in the description that the data "excludes serology tests where possible", which may indicate that not 100% of the tests included in the time series are PCR tests. |