CDC had tested for COVID-19 more than 17,000 specimens , more than 3,980 tested in CDC labs , and more than 13,000 by US public health labs during the pandemic .
As of March 14 , the CDC reported that 19.744 specimens had been tested for COVID-19 , 3,995 of which were tested by CDC labs , and 15.749 tested by U.S. public health labs.
2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States