Virus testing in the US is dropping, even as deaths mount
By MATTHEW PERRONE, NICKY FORSTER and MICHELLE LIU, Associated Press U.S. testing for the coronavirus is dropping even as infections remain high and the death toll rises by more than 1,000 a day, a worrisome trend that officials attribute largely to Americans getting discouraged over having to wait hours to get a test and days or weeks to learn the results. An Associated Press analysis found that the