Fig. 2From: Nationwide quality assurance of high-throughput diagnostic molecular testing during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: role of the Belgian National Reference CentreWeekly number of SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests performed in Belgium during the first two years of the pandemic, associated with the positivity rate. Up until week 8, PCR tests were only performed in the clinical laboratory of the NRC, after which other clinical laboratories were granted permission to perform PCR tests (see Fig. 1). In week 15, the national testing platform was founded to support the clinical laboratories, this initiative was replaced by the federal testing platform from October 2020 onBack to article page