Washington State Department of Health - Testing for COVID-19

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The Washington State Department of Health continues to work to slow the spread of COVID-19 across the state. A big part of that effort is testing people for COVID-19 so public health can keep people with COVID-19 and their contacts away from others to prevent spread of the virus.

The State Public Health Lab received additional testing equipment March 6 and put it into service March 7. It is ramping up its capacity. At present, it can test more than 200 samples with a 48-hour turnaround time. Our goals is 400 samples a day, meaning about 200 people.

The University of Washington Virology Lab has capacity to test as many as 750 people (1,500 tests) per day. At present, it is running about 700 to 800 specimens a day. Their goal is 5,000 tests per day. (UW went online for testing March 4.)

Commercial labs across the state are working to get online and begin processing tests.

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https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/NovelCoronavirusOutbreak2020/TestingforCOVID19

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