Reporting of home COVID-19 tests. [View all]

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Va Dept of Health
@VDHgov
Want to help Virginia count COVID-19 cases more accurately? Well, now there’s a way to report your at-home COVID-19 test! @NIH
started a new initiative where you can report your at-home test results SAFELY and PRIVATELY. Get started at http://ow.ly/ujNM50M9Uw7

https://www.makemytestcount.org/

The website has the capability to report both negative and positive home tests as well as brand of tests. It also asks for demographic information. It does not ask name or address (five digit ZIP is asked).

At-home COVID-19 tests allow us to quickly and easily find out whether we’re infected with the virus. But if we don’t share our test results, the people who work to keep us safe from this disease won’t know how fast the virus is spreading, or where surges are happening. Without that information, they can’t do the work they need to do to keep us and our communities safe.

The data from MakeMyTestCount can help public health teams do that work - while keeping your personal test results private and anonymous.

Sharing your at-home test result makes your test count. When you share your result, you help keep yourself and your community safe from COVID-19 - both now and in the future.