01.19.22 - The Walgreens COVID-19 Index is the product of an innovative pharmacy-laboratory collaboration focused on helping communities, health professionals, and the media stay informed about COVID-19 surveillance. Walgreens and Aegis Sciences Corporation have collaborated to offer COVID-19 PCR testing at more than 5,200 Walgreens locations. This Index is generated through the combination of Walgreens nationally representative PCR testing with the associated test results generated by Aegis Sciences’ PCR and Next-Generation Sequencing services. The Index provides an overview of confirmed cases by state, presumed Omicron cases in near real-time, variant proportions over time and positivity rates by vaccination status. Click here to read the full press release.