One Million US Coronavirus Tests to Be Available by End of Week: FDA Official

The headquarters of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is seen in Silver Spring, Maryland, on Nov. 4, 2009. Jason Reed/AP-File

U.S. laboratories should have the materials capable of performing about a million coronavirus tests by the end of the week, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn claimed, as cases across the nation rose to more than 100 and health officials warned of a surge in numbers.

Hahn said at a Senate committee hearing that by Friday, manufacturers should be able to supply around 2,500 kits to laboratories across the United States. He explained that each kit could allow labs to perform up to 500 tests.