Months into the coronavirus pandemic, the US is finally consistently reporting 500,000 Covid-19 tests a day. That’s the bare minimum of daily new tests that some experts have long said is needed to properly track and contain the nation’s coronavirus outbreak.
The US reported more than 500,000 tests a day every day over the weekend of June 19, according to the Covid Tracking Project. The nation previously hit the standard the previous weekend, but over the ensuing week fell back below 500,000 tests a day.
The figures are a significant improvement from previous months. For much of May, the US reported less than 400,000 tests a day. In April, less than 200,000. In March, reported new tests began in the low hundreds. Continue reading.