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Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.
The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations:
• Thursday, June 2, 5 to 7 p.m. – Broad Rock Sports Complex, 4899 Old Warwick Road
• Wednesday, June 8 , 9 to 11 a.m. – East Henrico Recreation Center, 1440 N Laburnum Ave.
• Thursday, June 9, 5 to 7 p.m. – Broad Rock Sports Complex, 4899 Old Warwick 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:
• Saturday, June 4, noon to 5 p.m. – MultiCultural Fest 2022, 4802 Warwick Road, Pfizer and Moderna.
• Tuesday, June 7, 4 to 6 p.m. – Southwood Pool House, Clarkson Road and Southwood Pkwy., Pfizer and Moderna.
• Thursday, June 9, 1 to 4 p.m. – Fairfield Resource Center Anniversary Celebration 2311 N 25th St., Pfizer and Moderna.
• Sunday, June 12, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. – Sacred Heart, 1420 McDonough St., Pfizer and Moderna.
• Wednesday, June 15, 9 a.m. to noon – Henrico West Headquarters, 8600 Dixon Powers Drive, Pfizer and Moderna.
• Thursday, June 16, 1 to 4 p.m. – Richmond Henrico Health District, 400 E. Cary St., Pfizer and Moderna.
Children ages 5 to 17 may only receive the Pfizer vaccine. Vaccinations and booster shots are available for all eligible on a walk-in basis. People still may schedule an appointment online at 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 rose by two percent last week, according to the Virginia Department of Health, while data from the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association showed a 22 percent increase in hospitalizations statewide within the same period.
On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began an appeal to reverse an April district court decision that ended mask mandates for public transportation.
A total of 2,970 new cases of COVID-19 were reported statewide Wednesday for the 24-hour period, contributing to an overall state total of 1,790,726 cases in Virginia since the pandemic’s outbreak. As of Wednesday, there have been 451,377 hospitalizations and 20,400 deaths statewide. The state’s seven-day positivity rate rose to 18.1 percent on Wednesday. Last week, the positivity rate was 17.2 percent.
On Wednesday, state health officials reported that 73.7 percent of the state’s population has been fully vaccinated, while 82.3 percent have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
State data also showed that nearly 3.1 million people in Virginia have received booster shots or third doses of the vaccine.
Among those ages 5 to 11 in Virginia, 319,501 have received their first shots, accounting for 44.1 percent of the age group in the state, while 272,934 children, or 37.7 percent, are fully vaccinated and 8,583 children have received a third vaccine dose or booster. As of Wednesday, fewer than 149,260 cases, 886 hospitalizations and ten deaths have been recorded among children in the state.
State data also shows that African-Americans comprised 22 percent of cases statewide and 23.2 percent of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 11.6 percent of cases and 5.1 percent of deaths.
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