Testing Sites See Steady Amount of Patients

There's still a steady stream of patients at Covid-19 testing sites in Olmsted county.

Cases of the coronavirus are on the rise in 20 states.

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Kimt new three's jessica bringe joins us live from the graham park location with what health care workers are seeing.

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"* 1 people tested here at the graham park collaborative collection site.

I just learned that from olmsted public health department.

We are learning, since opening on march 23rd there's been an average of 91 tests per day.

The slowest days being the weekends.

The plan is to continue throughout the summer although the site locations or times may change.

The public health department says sites like these help reach those who are medically underserved.

Because we have omc and mayo and public health we're able to run anyone through that collection site that may not be affiliated with a medical care provider.

That's one of the concerns about reaching the under?

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If you don't have insurance you can call the o?

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"*c nurse line go through the screening process you''ll then be able to go through the testing site.

Live in rochester?

"* jessica bringe kimt news 3 again the testing sites will remain open throughout the summer although there may be some closures during holidays.

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