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LA makes COVID-19 tests available to all residents, but many go unused amid nationwide shortage, report finds

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( U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Amouris Coss ) FOX NEWS - Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti made coronavirus testing available to anyone who wants to be tested, and the city now finds itself with a surplus of unused testing kits amid a nationwide shortage, according to data compiled in a new report.

Information provided by the mayor’s office to The Associated Press showed that the city has thousands of tests that go unused every week, while the country as a whole remains unable to get enough testing kits out.

The city pays $137 per test and 75,000 tests are available each week, but in the two weeks that the mayor expanded testing, only about 57,000 tests have been used on average each week. FULL COVERAGE: CORONAVIRUS  The country’s

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