The percentage of individuals who test positive for COVID-19 and the number of tests administered each day per 1,000 people have been cited as important benchmarks for determining when it is safe to ease social distancing policies or reopen economies.  A positive test rate of under 10% and conducting 1.52 tests per 1,000 people day have been cited by various health officials as important benchmarks to be achieved before such actions are taken  While several states are below the positive test threshold, only a few have been able to conduct the recommended minimum number of tests per day.

 

A new dashboard that tracks these and other measures was launched last Friday by University of Missouri Extension and MU CARES.  This new dashboard can be accessed at https://cares.page.link/TZed. The dashboard is updated daily.

 

The dashboard can potentially be of assistance to policymakers as they contemplate various recovery scenarios.

 

For additional dashboards and information about COVID-19 from MU CARES, visit https://engagementnetwork.org/covid-19/