COVID-19 testing is available at various drug stores, clinics and urgent care centers throughout the area for people with and without health insurance. Several offer tests with no out-of-pocket costs.
A list of area COVID-19 testing sites is online at https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/richmond-city/richmond-and-henrico-area-covid-19-testing-sites/
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?
The Richmond and Henrico health districts are offering free walk-up COVID-19 vaccines at the following locations:
• Friday, July 9, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.—Henrico West Clinic, 8600 Dixon Powers Drive, Pfizer; 9 to 11 a.m. – Care Advantage, West End Office, 3201 Hungary Spring Road, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson; 1 to 3 p.m. – Care Advantage, South Side Office, 10041 Midlothian Turnpike, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson
• Saturday, July 10, 1 to 3 p.m.—Oakmeade Apartments, 300 Airport Place, Highland Springs, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson.
• Sunday, July 11, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. – Brown’s Island, Fitz and the Tantrums outdoor concert, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson.
• Tuesday, July 13, 9 to 11 a.m. – State Department of Aging & Rehabilitative Services, 2001 Maywill St., Suite 202, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson; 1 to 3 p.m. – Chippenham Place Apartments, 5845 Orcutt Lane, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson; 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. – Sacred Heart Center Food Pantry, 1400 Perry St.
• Wednesday, July 14, 3 to 6 p.m. – George Wythe High School, 4314 Crutchfield St., Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson
• Friday, July 16, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. – City Hall Vaccination Event, 900 E. Broad St., Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Henrico West Clinic, 8600 Dixon Powers Drive, Pfizer; Children ages 12 to 15 may only receive the Pfizer vaccine.
Appointments are not required, but individuals can schedule an appointment online at vax.rchd.com or by calling (804) 205-3501.
VaccineFinder.org and vaccines.gov also allow people to find nearby pharmacies and clinics that offer the COVID-19 vaccine.
More than 4.3 million people are fully vaccinated in Virginia, or 51.2 percent of the population, while 59.4 percent of the population has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Nationally, the Biden administration announced plans this week to emphasize delivery of vaccines to family doctors, pediatricians and other youth-focused health professionals and to boost efforts with employers to get workers vaccinated.
The plans were shared as concern mounts about the spread of the Delta variant of the virus in the United States and abroad. The highly contagious nature of the variant has led to a growing number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths among the unvaccinated and infection among some people who are fully vaccinated.
With Richmond, Petersburg, Hopewell and other Virginia localities still below the 50 percent threshold of adults fully vaccinated, state health officials urge greater caution from the public as they push local vaccination efforts.
State officials reported 681,599 cases of COVID-19 statewide on Wednesday, along with 30,666 hospitalizations and 11,436 deaths. Virginia's seven-day positivity rate is 2 percent. Last week, it was 1.6 percent.
According to state data, African-Americans comprised 22.5 percent of cases statewide and 25.1 percent of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 16 percent of cases and 6.5 percent of deaths.
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