As COVID-19 cases plummet and related restrictions and mandates are being lifted, nearly half of the 500 million virus tests that the Biden administration recently made available to the public remain unclaimed.

When the initiative was launched in January – at the height of the virus’ Omicron-variant surge – over 45 million orders was received on the first day.

Officials now report fewer than 100,000 daily requests, according to the Associated Press.