Free COVID-19 testing
12/17/2020, 6 p.m.
Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.
The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations:
• Thursday, Dec. 17, 2 to 4 p.m., Second Baptist Church of South Richmond, 3300 Broad Rock Blvd., South Side. Drive-thru testing.
• Friday, Dec. 18, 10 a.m. to noon, Regency Square parking deck, 1420 N. Parham Road, Western Henrico. Drive-thru testing.
• Monday, Dec. 21, 10 a.m. to noon, Eastern Henrico Health Department, 1400 N. Laburnum Ave., Eastern Henrico. Drive- thru testing.
Appointments are encouraged by calling the Richmond and Henrico COVID-19 Hotline at (804) 205-3501 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Testing will be offered while test supplies last.
The Chesterfield County Health Department also is offering free COVID-19 testing at the following location:
• Second Baptist Church, 5100 W. Hundred Road, Chester, 1 to 3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 21 and 28; and 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Dec. 18.
• Walmsley Boulevard United Methodist Church, 2950 Walmsley Blvd., 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Dec. 22 and 29; and 10 a.m. to noon, Thursday, Dec. 17 and 31.
• St. Augustine’s Catholic Church, 4400 Beulah Road, 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Dec. 30.
• Faith and Family Center, 7900 Walmsley Blvd., 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17 and 31.
• Chesterfield Health Department, Smith-Wagner Building Multi-Purpose Room, 9501 Lucy Corr Circle, 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 19.
Testing is encouraged for those who have COVID-19 symptoms. The testing is free, and no reservations are necessary.
Details: Chesterfield County Health Department at (804) 318-8207.
The state continues to report around 3,000 new COVID- 19 cases daily, pushing the state’s seven-day positivity rate to 11.1 percent.
The Virginia Department of Health reported on Wednesday a total of 292,240 positive cases of COVID-19 statewide, along with 16,353 hospitalizations and 4,508 deaths.
According to Virginia data, African-Americans comprised 21.9 percent of cases and 25.4 percent of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 22.6 percent of the cases and 8.5 percent of deaths.
Locally, as of Wednesday, 7,845 cases and 86 deaths were reported in Richmond; 10,260 cases and 271 deaths were reported in Henrico; and 11,129 cases and 151 deaths were reported in Chesterfield.
Nationally, data from Johns Hopkins University shows the United States passed a death toll from the virus of 300,000 this week, with a nationwide total of 16.8 million confirmed cases. Data also shows at least 100,000 new cases daily in the United States for the last six weeks.