Updated: July 30, 2020
The jurisdiction should enter cases into CDC’s electronic reporting system with the jurisdiction-issued nCoV ID, unless other arrangements to transmit data have been approved by CDC.
This document provides supplemental guidance regarding specimen collection, storage, and shipping to CDC laboratories. This is in addition to CDC’s guidelines for COVID-19 clinical specimens.
Please email preparedness@cste.org to report any changes to the designated phone numbers.
For State Epidemiologists’ contact information, please click here: https://www.cste.org/page/StateEpi.
Jurisdiction | After Hours/Epi-on-Call Phone Number | Infectious Disease Outbreak-Related Questions |
Alabama | (800) 338-8374 | (800) 338-8374 |
Alaska | (800) 478-0084 | (800) 478-0084 or |
America Samoa | (684) 733-4924 | (684) 733-4924 |
Arizona | (480) 303-1191 | (480) 303-1191 |
Arkansas | (501) 661-2136 | (501) 661-2136 or |
California | (916) 328-3605 | (916) 328-3605 |
California, LA County | (213) 974-1234 | (213) 240-7941 |
California, San Francisco | (415) 554-2830 | (415) 554-2830 |
Colorado | (303) 370-9395 | (303) 692-2700 |
Connecticut | (860) 509-8000 | (860) 509-8000 |
Delaware | (888) 295-5156 | (302) 744-4700 or |
Federated States of Micronesia | N/A | N/A |
Florida | (850) 245-4401 | (850) 245-4401 |
Georgia | (866) 782-4584 | (866) 782-4584 |
Guam | (671) 888-9276 | (671) 888-9276 |
Hawaii | (808) 600-3625 | (808) 586-4586 or |
Idaho | (800) 632-8000 | (208) 334-5939 |
Illinois | (800) 782-7860 or (217) 782-7860 | (800) 782-7860 or |
Illinois, Chicago | (312) 744-5000 | (312) 744-5000 |
Indiana | (317) 233-1325 | (317) 233-1325 |
Iowa | (800) 362-2736 | (800) 362-2736 or |
Kansas | (877) 427-7317 | (877) 427-7317 |
Kentucky | (888) 973-7678 | (888) 973-7678 |
Louisiana | (800) 256-2748 | (800) 256-2748 |
Maine | (800) 821-5821 | (800) 821-5821 |
Maryland | (410) 795-7365 | (410) 795-7365 |
Massachusetts | (617) 983-6800 | (617) 983-6800 |
Michigan | (517) 335-9030 | (517) 335-9030 |
Minnesota | (651) 201-5414 | (651) 201-5414 or |
Mississippi | (601) 576-7400 | (601) 576-7400 |
Missouri | (800) 392-0272 | (800) 392-0272 |
Montana | (406) 444-0273 | (406) 444-0273 |
Nebraska | (402) 471-2937 | (402) 471-2937 |
Nevada | (775) 400-0333 | (775) 400-0333 or |
Nevada, Las Vegas | (702) 759-1300 | (702) 759-1300 |
New Hampshire | (603) 271-5300 | (603) 271-5300 or |
New Jersey | (609) 392-2020 | (609) 826-5964 |
New Mexico | (505) 827-0006 | (505) 827-0006 |
New York | (866) 881-2809 | (866) 881-2809 |
New York, New York City | (866) 692-3641 | (866) 692-3641 |
North Carolina | (919) 733-3419 | (919) 733-3419 |
North Dakota | (701) 220-0819 | (701) 328-2270 or |
Northern Mariana Island | N/A | N/A |
Ohio | (614) 995-5599 | (614) 995-5599 |
Oklahoma | (405) 271-4060 | (405) 271-4060 |
Oregon | (971) 673-1111 | (971) 673-1111 |
Pennsylvania | (717) 787-3350 | (877) 724-3258 or |
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia | (215) 686-4514 | (215) 686-4514 |
Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh | (412) 687-2243 | (412) 687-2243 |
Puerto Rico | (787) 679-6257 or (787) 399-9565 | (787) 679-6257 or |
Rhode Island | (401) 276-8046 | (401) 276-8046 or |
South Carolina | (888) 847-0902 | (803) 898-0861 or |
South Dakota | (605) 773-3737 | (800) 592-1861 |
Tennessee | (615) 741-7247 | (615) 741-7247 |
Texas | (512) 221-6852 | (512) 221-6852 |
Texas, Dallas | (877) 605-2660 | (214) 819-2004 or |
Texas, Harris County | (713) 755-5000 | (713) 755-5000 |
Texas, Houston | (832) 393-5080 | (832) 393-5080 |
Texas, San Antonio | (210) 207-8876 | (210) 207-8876 |
Utah | (888) 374-8824 | (888) 374-8824 |
Vermont | (802) 863-7240 | (802) 863-7240 |
Virgin Islands | N/A | N/A |
Virginia UPDATED | (877) 275-8343 | |
Washington | (206) 418-5500 | (206) 418-5500 |
Washington D.C. | (844) 493-2652 | (844) 493-2652 |
West Virginia | (304) 558-5358 Ext. 1 | (304) 558-5358, Ext: 1 |
Wisconsin | (608) 258-0099 | (608) 258-0099 or |
Wyoming | (888) 996-9104 | (888) 996-9104 |
†Source: After Hours/Epi-on-call Contact List for States. Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologiests (CSTE). March 13, 2020.[2] |