Public Health Emergency Preparedness (COVID-19)
Data Chart updates Daily at 6:30a.m.

Suspect Case

• Meets supportive* laboratory evidence with no prior history of being a confirmed or probable case.
  • Supportive* laboratory evidence:
    • Detection of specific antibody in serum, plasma, or whole blood
    • Detection of specific antigen by immunocytochemistry in an autopsy specimen

Probable Case

• Meets clinical criteria AND epidemiologic linkage with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for SARS-CoV-2.
  • Clinical Criteria
    • In the absence of a more likely diagnosis:
    • At least two of the following symptoms: fever (measured or subjective), chills, rigors, myalgia, headache, sore throat, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, congestion or runny nose
    • OR
      • Any one of the following symptoms: cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, new olfactory disorder, new taste disorder
    • OR
      • Severe respiratory illness with at least one of the following: Clinical or radiographic evidence of pneumonia, Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
• Meets presumptive* laboratory evidence.
  • Presumptive* laboratory evidence:
    • Detection of SARS-CoV-2 by antigen test in a respiratory specimen
• Meets vital records criteria with no confirmatory laboratory evidence for SARS-CoV-2.

Confirmed Case

• Meets confirmatory laboratory evidence
  • Confirmatory* laboratory evidence:
    • Detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ribonucleic acid (SARS-CoV-2 RNA) in a clinical or autopsy specimen using a molecular amplification test