FILE PHOTO: Tina Nguyen, a nurse at at the International Community Health Services clinic in Seattle's International District, takes a nose swab sample from a patient during drive-up testing for COVID-19, Friday, May 15, 2020.
Ted S. Warren / AP Photo
Ted S. Warren / AP Photo
FILE PHOTO: Tina Nguyen, a nurse at at the International Community Health Services clinic in Seattle's International District, takes a nose swab sample from a patient during drive-up testing for COVID-19, Friday, May 15, 2020.
(Harrisburg) — Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration said Monday that more free coronavirus drive-thru testing sites will open in Walmart parking lots across northern Pennsylvania as it seeks to expand testing to areas where there is little available.
Nine more sites will open Wednesday at Walmart parking lots in Sayre, State College, Edinboro, New Castle, Grove City, Coal Township, Selinsgrove, Lewisburg and Mansfield, the administration said. That brings the total number of free coronavirus drive-thru testing sites in Walmart parking lots to 19, it said.
The sites will be open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. People seeking a test must register online a day in advance and must print out a voucher and bring it with them to the testing site.
Test results are to be emailed within a day or two, and a physician will call a patient who tested positive, the administration said.
Meanwhile, UPMC Northwest also opened a testing site in Reno, in Venango County, open Tuesday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Appointments can be scheduled by calling 1-833-559-7680.
Pennsylvania officials reported 28 additional deaths and 323 new positive cases from the coronavirus.
The Health Department said Monday there have now been 6,243 total deaths from COVID-19, and more than 79,000 infections.
The number of infections is thought to be far higher than the state’s confirmed case count because many people have not been tested and studies suggest people can be infected without feeling sick. There is no data on how many people have fully recovered.
For most people, the virus causes mild or moderate symptoms that clear up in a couple of weeks. Older adults and people with existing health problems are at higher risk of more severe illness, including pneumonia, or death.
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