March 25 Update: US COVID-19 Tests per Day #TestAndTrace

Tests per day is a key number to track (along with actual cases and, sadly, deaths). But total tests were a key for South Korea slowing the spread of COVID-19. South Korea has been conducting 15,000 to 20,000 tests per day with a 51 million population, so the US needs to test around 130,000 per day. Note: NYC and LA have stopped testing mild cases due to resource constraints. Hopefully testing will continue to improve, and we can test more people - this is important for test-and-trace. The US conducted 74,384 tests in the last 24 hours. Note: About 16% of tests were positive in the most......(read more)

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