As per the Harvard SIER (susceptible-infected-recovered) model, it is estimated that the coronavirus testing capacity needed weekly is equivalent to share of up to 21.3 percent of the U.S. population. The statistic displays the estimated testing capacity needed for COVID-19 in the U.S. as reported in various models, by weekly equivalent share of U.S. population, with the aim to enable to safely relax social distancing measures.
Estimated weekly COVID-19 testing capacity needed in the U.S. according to select models as of April 2020
(by equivalent share of population)
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (April 17, 2020). Estimated weekly COVID-19 testing capacity needed in the U.S. according to select models as of April 2020 (by equivalent share of population) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1111814/estimated-us-covid-19-testing-capacity-needed-as-by-various-models/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Estimated weekly COVID-19 testing capacity needed in the U.S. according to select models as of April 2020 (by equivalent share of population)." Chart. April 17, 2020. Statista. Accessed January 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1111814/estimated-us-covid-19-testing-capacity-needed-as-by-various-models/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2020). Estimated weekly COVID-19 testing capacity needed in the U.S. according to select models as of April 2020 (by equivalent share of population). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1111814/estimated-us-covid-19-testing-capacity-needed-as-by-various-models/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Estimated Weekly Covid-19 Testing Capacity Needed in The U.S. According to Select Models as of April 2020 (by Equivalent Share of Population)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Apr 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1111814/estimated-us-covid-19-testing-capacity-needed-as-by-various-models/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Kaiser Family Foundation, Estimated weekly COVID-19 testing capacity needed in the U.S. according to select models as of April 2020 (by equivalent share of population) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1111814/estimated-us-covid-19-testing-capacity-needed-as-by-various-models/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited January 20, 2025)
Estimated weekly COVID-19 testing capacity needed in the U.S. according to select models as of April 2020 (by equivalent share of population) [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, April 17, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1111814/estimated-us-covid-19-testing-capacity-needed-as-by-various-models/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
