Over 308 Million RT-PCR Diagnostic Tests Completed

The U.S. CDC confirmed about 308 million RT-PCR diagnostic tests had been performed to confirm SARS-CoV-2 virus infections as of February 8, 2021. Overall, the data indicates a COVID-19 infection positivity rate of 9.19% in the USA since the pandemic began in early 2020.

As of February 5, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had authorized 322 coronavirus diagnostic tests, including 239 molecular tests, 69 antibody tests, and 14 antigen tests during the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, 35 molecular authorizations can be used with home-collected samples.

The FDA has published a video explaining the various categories of tests in the fight against COVID-19 disease and issued the Coronavirus Testing Basics that offers information about the different types of tests available.