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Free COVID-19 testing

1/7/2021, 6 p.m.
Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations:

Thursday, Jan. 7, 10 a.m. to noon, Diversity Richmond, 1407 Sherwood Avenue, North Side.

Friday, Jan. 8, 1 to 3 p.m., Eastern Henrico Health Department, 1400 N. Laburnum Ave., in Eastern Henrico. Drive-thru testing.

Tuesday, Jan. 12, 10 a.m. to noon, Eastern Henrico Health Department, 1400 N. Laburnum Ave., in Eastern Henrico. Drive-thru testing.

Thursday, Jan. 14, 1 to 3 p.m., Broad Rock Community Center, 4615 Ferguson Lane, South Side.

Friday, Jan. 15, 1 to 3 p.m., Eastern Henrico Health Department, 1400 N. Laburnum Ave., in 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, Jan. 11, 18 and 25.

St. Augustine Catholic Church, 4400 Beulah Road, North Chesterfield, 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, 20 and 27.

Chesterfield County Health Department, 9501 Lucy Corr Circle, Smith-Wagner Building

Multipurpose room, 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Jan. 9 and 23.

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.

As the nation set a grim new record of more than 20 million positive cases of the coronavirus, the Virginia Department of Health reported Wednesday that 481,550 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines have been distributed throughout Virginia, with 116,247 administered to date.

State statistics also showed Wednesday that 5,387 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the last 24 hours, raising the cumulative total to 377,300 cases statewide, along with 18,636 hospitalizations and 5,226 deaths.

According to Virginia data, African-Americans comprised 21.2 percent of cases and 24.5 percent of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 20.1 percent of the cases and 8 percent of deaths.

Locally, as of Wednesday, 9,887 cases, 575 hospitalizations and 100 deaths were reported in Richmond; 13,561 cases, 692 hospitalizations and 299 deaths were reported in Henrico; and 13,953 cases, 621 hospitalizations and 175 deaths were reported in Chesterfield.