OC Ramps Up COVID-19 Testing
In a collaboration with 360 Clinic and the City of Anaheim, Orange County significantly increased its COVID-19 testing capacity with the opening of large scale drive-through testing at Anaheim Convention Center as of last week.
“This is really helpful in our fight to get the novel coronavirus under control in Orange County,” said Orange County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Michelle Steel, District 2. “Ramping up testing particularly among front-line workers and hard-hit communities is essential as we work to better understand the spread of the virus in our communities and work to make better policy that will protect the public while also allowing our residents to go to work, pay their bills and put food on the table.”
360 Clinic is conducting no-out-of-pocket cost testing leveraging personal insurance reimbursements and federal government assistance for the uninsured, with additional financial support from the county.
Tests will be available for individuals prioritized for testing by the California Department of Public Health:
• People with symptoms
• Close contacts to people known to have COVID-19
• Healthcare workers and first responders
• Residents and employees of congregate living facilities
• Essential workers (grocery store, food supply, utility workers and public employees) The initial target is to conduct 600-800 tests per day, five days per week with a goal of reaching 1,200 per day within two weeks. 360 Clinic and the convention center have the capacity to expand volume depending public health recommendations as well as lab and supply capacities.
Orange County residents who have insurance are requested to contact their medical providers first about getting tested prior to registering for an appointment at the Anaheim Convention Center site; and most HMO’s request that members obtain testing through their own provider.
Orange County residents who meet the aforementioned criteria may register online starting today in the evening at http://occovid19. ochealthinfo.com/supersite.
Participants will be asked to provide their contact information along with their health insurance information (if they have it) while selecting their appointment date and time.
Once an individual has successfully registered, they will receive a confirmation text or email. They will be required to show this confirmation on the date and time of their registration in order to be tested.
More information about the Anaheim Convention Center testing site process may be found at: http://occovid19.ochealthinfo. com/supersite.
The Anaheim Convention Center site will operate Wednesdays -Sundays from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. For more information, contact a 360 Clinic representative at (800) 446-8888.
More information about testing as well as other testing sites across Orange County may be found at: ochealthinfo.com/ covidtest.
Orange County has conducted more than 359,900 PCR tests as of July 21 with 29,986 people testing positive.
More than 493 people have died from the disease in Orange County—more than half of that number at skilled nursing facilities, according to numbers from the Orange County COVID-19 Dashboard from the OC Health Care Agency.
For more information, contact the OC Health Care Agency Network of Testing at ochealthinfo. com/covidtest.
