COVID-19 testing in the US

A cumulative total adds each day's tests to all that came before. The number of new tests performed daily gives a clearer picture of what is happening day to day. The number of tests administered daily (blue bars) wasn't rising anywhere near as much as you might suppose if you only saw the overall total (red bars).

1,800,000

X

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

1,400,000

1,600,000

1,800,000

0

856

1,757

2,494

3,822

5,265

9,174

4,586

7,622

17,869

17,253

25,089

27,940

36,612

45,270

45,272

58,200

68,955

84,263

101,631

103,505

106,837

87,547

118,648

112,335

108,208

119,025

132,569

229,260

119,194

4,119

4,975

6,732

9,226

13,048

18,313

27,487

32,073

39,695

57,564

74,817

99,906

127,846

164,458

209,728

255,000

313,200

382,155

466,418

568,049

671,554

778,391

865,938

984,586

1,096,921

1,205,129

1,324,154

1,456,723

1,685,983

1,805,177

New tests performed

Cumulative total