Georgians who haven’t been able to get tested for Coronavirus because they didn’t feel symptoms or otherwise didn’t qualify can now do so without a medical referral.
The tests are free, but individuals who want to get one still must make an appointment with their local public health agency.
Cobb & Douglas Public Health has created an online testing referral form at www.cdphCOVID19testing.org that can be completed there.
Citizens can also visit www.cobbanddouglaspublichealth.org (click on the Coronavirus button, then click on the “Online Testing Referral” button) in order to schedule an appointment.
Another option is by calling the CDPH Call Center at 770-514-2300.
According to Dr. Kathleen Toomey, the director of the Georgia Department of Public Health, more than 108,000 COVID-19 tests have been processed in the last week.
That’s nearly half of all the tests that have been conducted since a public health emergency was declared in Georgia in mid-March.
As of noon Friday, more than 227,000 people have been tested in Georgia, with 32,016 positive cases and 1,357 deaths.
There are 2,062 positive tests in Cobb County, with 109 deaths and 515 hospitalizations. Nearly tests have been conducted by Cobb and Douglas Public Health at a drive-up location at Jim Miller Park.
Capacity there to do more testing was expanded in April, but it limited those getting tested to those with symptoms and frontline medical workers and first responders.
The county is starting to provide more data to the public about COVID cases, including a map of positive tests according to ZIP Code.
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