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The White House promised an ever-increasing number of coronavirus tests would be available by the end of the month, saying the number of available test kits could be as high as 27 million. But tracking analysts say only about 1 million total tests have been administered nationwide.
During a March 10 coronavirus press briefing, Vice President Mike Pence declared there would be "more than 4 million more tests" available across the country by the end of that week. At the time, lawmakers from both parties disputed these numbers and said that fewer than 10,000 Americans had been tested.
President Donald Trump increased this number just days later during remarks on March 13, when he promised 1.4 million additional tests would be distributed by March 16, which added up to more than 5 million available tests by the end of March. Another White House official would go on to proclaim on March 21 that 27 million test kits would be available to patients before the end of the month.
But several organizations that are meticulously monitoring coronavirus statistics, including the COVID Tracking Project, are demanding answers for the seemingly massive discrepancy. The Tracking Project has recorded that 964,865 total tests were conducted through Tuesday.
https://www.newsweek.com/white-hous...tests-end-march-us-just-hit-1-million-1495356
During a March 10 coronavirus press briefing, Vice President Mike Pence declared there would be "more than 4 million more tests" available across the country by the end of that week. At the time, lawmakers from both parties disputed these numbers and said that fewer than 10,000 Americans had been tested.
President Donald Trump increased this number just days later during remarks on March 13, when he promised 1.4 million additional tests would be distributed by March 16, which added up to more than 5 million available tests by the end of March. Another White House official would go on to proclaim on March 21 that 27 million test kits would be available to patients before the end of the month.
But several organizations that are meticulously monitoring coronavirus statistics, including the COVID Tracking Project, are demanding answers for the seemingly massive discrepancy. The Tracking Project has recorded that 964,865 total tests were conducted through Tuesday.
https://www.newsweek.com/white-hous...tests-end-march-us-just-hit-1-million-1495356