Polis: Colorado expands state lab capacity for virus testing

DENVER (AP) -- Colorado Gov. Jared Polis says the state is augmenting its public-private partnerships for coronavirus testing.

Polis said Thursday that delays in testing results of up to a week are unacceptable and frustrate contact tracing and quarantine strategies to stem the virus' spread.

In order to ensure a steady stream of testing and supplies, Colorado has developed multiple partnerships in case anything is cut off or shut down.

With an increase in Colorado coronavirus cases over the last four weeks, the state laboratory is now staffed around the clock. State test processing is averaging 10,000 a day, compared to 2,000 in April.