Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

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

• Thursday, July 21, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. — Fulton Neighborhood Resource Center, 1519 Williamsburg Road.

Call the Richmond and Henrico COVID-19 Hotline at (804) 205-3501 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for more information on testing sites, or go online at vax.rchd.com.

The Virginia Department of Health also has a list of COVID-19 testing locations around the state at www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/covid-19-testing/covid-19-testing-sites.

Want a COVID-19 vaccine or booster shot?

The Richmond and Henrico health districts are offering free walk-up COVID-19 vaccines at the following locations:

• Thursday, July 21 and July 28, noon to 4 p.m. - Richmond Henrico Health District, 400 E. Cary St., Pfizer for ages six months and older, Moderna for ages six months to five years old and ages 12 years and older, appointment only.

• Tuesday, July 26, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Henrico East Health Department, 1400 N. Laburnum Ave., Pfizer for ages six months and older, Moderna for ages six months to five years old and ages 18 years and older, appointment only.

• Wednesday, July 27, 9 a.m. to noon - Henrico Health Department West Clinic, 8600 Dixon Powers Drive, Pfizer for ages six months and older, Moderna for ages six months to five years old and ages 18 years and older, appointment only.

People can schedule an appointment online at vase.vdh.virginia.gov, vaccinate.virginia.gov or vax.rchd.com, or by calling (804) 205-3501 or (877) VAX-IN-VA (1-877- 829-4682).

VaccineFinder.org and vaccines.gov also allow people to find nearby pharmacies and clinics that offer the COVID-19 vaccine and booster.

Those who are getting a booster shot should bring their vaccine card to confirm the date and type of vaccine received.

RHHD also offers at-home vaccinations by calling (804) 205-3501 to schedule appointments.

New COVID-19 cases in Virginia increased by 15 percent last week, according to the Virginia Department of Health, while hospitalization data from the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association increased by six percent.

As with last week, the city of Richmond and counties of Chesterfield and Henrico are still at high levels of community COVID-19 levels, while Hanover County remains at a medium level of community COVID-19.

A total of 3,106 new cases of COVID-19 were reported statewide Wednesday for the 24-hour period, contributing to an overall state total of 1,925,915 cases in Virginia since the pandemic’s outbreak. As of Wednesday, there have been 452,530 hospitalizations and 20,839 deaths statewide. The state’s seven-day positivity rate rose to 22.7 percent on Wednesday. Last week, the positivity rate was 23.1 percent.

On Wednesday, state health officials reported that 71.8 percent of the state’s population has been fully vaccinated, while 81.9 percent have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

State data also showed that over 3.56 million people in Virginia have received booster shots or third doses of the vaccine.

Among those ages 5 to 11 in Virginia, 326,002 have received their first shots as of Wednesday, accounting for 45 percent of the age group in the state, while 283,339 children, or 39.1 percent, are fully vaccinated and 32,065 children have received a third vaccine dose or booster, making up 4.4 percent of that age group.

On Wednesday, 24,414 children from the ages of zero to four have received the first doses, making up 5.4 percent of the population in Virginia, while 92 are fully vaccinated. As of Wednesday, fewer than 159,000 cases, 942 hospitalizations and 13 deaths have been recorded among children in the state.

State data also shows that African-Americans comprised 22.1 percent of cases statewide and 23.1 percent of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 11.4 percent of cases and five percent of deaths.