What to Know
- A drive-thru coronavirus testing site at Dodger Stadium is open.
- Testing is free. You just need to make an appointment.
- Sixty staff members and big-screen monitors will help guide people through the process.
The largest coronavirus testing site in Los Angeles County opened Tuesday at Dodger Stadium.’
Testing is free. You’ll need to make an appointment on the city’s Covid-19 resources site.
Six thousand people can be tested for the virus in one day at the baseball stadium, where 60 staff members help people through the process. A smaller testing location opened near the stadium earlier this spring.
Testing is expected to begin at 10 a.m.
The drive-thru test site is the result of a partnership with the Los Angeles Fire Department and the nonprofit Community Organized Relief Effort co-founded by actor Sean Penn.
“This site isn’t special just because of where it is and all those amazing memories we have of going to Chavez Ravine to see the boys in blue play. It’s remarkable because we’ll be able to test up to 6,000 people a day,” Mayor Eric Garcetti said. “That’s three times larger than any testing site that we have. And we’ve designed the site to move as many people as quickly through that site as possible, alleviating long wait times and long lines.”
Donated big screens will show people how to administered the tests.
The mayor has encouraged all resident to get tested, with or without symptoms.
Los Angeles County reported 1,047 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 12 additional deaths Monday, raising the county’s totals to 46,018 cases and 2,116 deaths.
Ninety-three percent of the county’s fatalities involved underlying health conditions.
The new numbers came Monday shortly after the California Department of Public Health announced the statewide reopening of in-store retail shopping, subject to approval from individual counties. It was unclear when Los Angeles County might act to facilitate the resumption of in-person shopping.
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Source: NBC Los Angeles