CVS raises forecast as COVID shots, tests offset weak flu season Angelica LaVito, Bloomberg News VIDEO SIGN OUT CVS Health Corp. raised its full-year forecast as COVID-19 vaccines and testing helped boost first-quarter results and offset a weak cold and flu season. The health-care company gave 17 million COVID shots at long-term care facilities and at its pharmacies through April. CVS is now immunizing in about 8,300 locations in 49 states, Chief Executive Officer Karen Lynch said Tuesday on a call with analysts. With about 9,900 locations nationwide, CVS has administered some 23 million virus tests, including 9 million in the first quarter. Company executives said vaccines and testing are already attracting foot traffic, pointing to a statistic that about 9 per cent of new customers who received a test through CVS filled a new prescription with the pharmacy.