Over 286 Million Coronavirus Tests Confirmed

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed over 286 million RT-PCR diagnostic tests, excluding antibody and antigen tests, have been performed to confirm SARS-CoV-2 virus infections, as of January 26, 2021.

The state of California leads the USA with 34,382,323 coronavirus tests performed, followed by New York (25,937,582), Florida (19,819,234), and Texas (17,759,760).

Overall, the data indicates a COVID-19 infection positivity rate of 9.25% as of January 24, 2021.

Separately, the U.S. FDA announced it had authorized 320 coronavirus diagnostic tests, including 238 molecular tests, 69 antibody tests, and 13 antigen tests during 2020. Furthermore, 32 molecular authorizations can be used with home-collected samples. There is one molecular prescription at-home test, one antigen prescription at-home test, and one over-the-counter at-home antigen test.