U.S. labs struggling to keep up with surge in coronavirus testing

With the U.S. tally of infections at 3.9 million Wednesday and new cases surging, the bottlenecks are creating problems for workers kept off the job while awaiting results, nursing homes struggling to keep the virus out and for the labs themselves, dealing with a crushing workload.

The testing lags in the U.S. come as the number of people confirmed to be infected globally passed a staggering 15 million on Wednesday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. leads the world in cases as well as deaths, which stand at more than 142,000 nationwide. New York, once by far the U.S. leader in infections, has been surpassed by California, though that is partly due to robust testing in a state with more than twice the population of New York.

Jay Solomon, CEO of Aviva in Sarasota, a senior community with a nursing home and assisted living facility, said results were taking up to 10 days to come back. "Imagine, you tell a parent with young children to self-isolate for 10 days or more without knowing they actually have COVID? I mean, that's ridiculous. That's actually absurd," Wen said.

There is no scientific consensus on the rate of testing needed to control the virus in the U.S., which has the most cases and deaths of any nation. But experts have recommended for months that the U.S. test at least 1 million to 3 million people daily.

Of course they are. The citizenry have been frightened into almost panic level to be tested, but to no real end, other than a couple of days of feeling secure and comfortable. Save the tests for those who interact with the sick, elderly and vulnerable.

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