On May 12, 2020, the Jackson Laboratory (JAX), in partnership with the State of Connecticut, announced that it was expanding its COVID-19 testing capacity from 550 tests per day to 20,000 tests per day, between May and early July, for Connecticut residents.

JAX’s Connecticut-licensed CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments) and CAP-accredited laboratory in Farmington, Connecticut tests patient specimens for specific RNA signatures unique to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

This increased capacity builds upon the Laboratory’s ongoing COVID-19 testing collaborations with the Connecticut Department of Public Health and more than 30 Connecticut-based hospitals and health care facilities.