243 Coronavirus Disease-Related Diagnostic Tests Now Authorized

As of September 8, 2020, the U.S. FDA had authorized 243 coronavirus disease-related diagnostic tests, which include 195 molecular tests, 44 antibody tests, and 4 antigen tests.

The two most common types of tests people discuss are RT-PCR, the nasal-swab test that detects viral RNA, and various antibody tests, that detect if you have an immune response due to past exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, says the FDA.