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. 2020 Oct 2;69(39):1410–1415. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6939e2

FIGURE 2.

The figure is a histogram, an epidemiologic curve showing the percentage of SARS-CoV-2 reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction tests with positive results and test volume, by week for school-aged children aged 5–11 years and 12–17 years, in the United States, during May 31–September 19, 2020.

Percentage of SARS-CoV-2 reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests with positive results and test volume, by week for school-aged children aged 5–11 years and 12–17 years — United States, May 31–September 19, 2020*

Abbreviation: COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019.

* From COVID-19 electronic laboratory reporting data submitted by state health departments for 37 states and from data submitted directly by public health, commercial, and reference laboratories for 13 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, using specimen collection or test order date. The data represent percentage of tests, not of individual persons, with a positive result and include RT-PCR tests but not antigen or point-of-care tests.