[grandmczeb]

Do you happen to have a source for the cause of the backlog? Not doubting you, just curious to read more information.

[pkaye]

See the link to the Atlantic mentioned by boyd.

[xivzgrev]

here you go: https://covidtracking.com/data/state/california

[grandmczeb]

I’m asking for a source on why the backlog happened. Unless I’m missing something, that just shows the number of pending cases.

[boyd]

They accepted more tests than they had the ability to quickly process. They also appear to have accepted many tests that required use of a lower throughput assay before switching to higher throughput testing on Roche 8800s: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/03/next-covi...

[grandmczeb]

Thanks, googling found this[1] statement by Quest that they have a backlog of 115,000 tests, down from 160,000 on March 25th. It would be interesting to know what percentage of the California backlog is contained within that.

[1] https://newsroom.questdiagnostics.com/COVIDTestingUpdates