Tarrant County to open new COVID-19 testing site this week
Tarrant County and the city of Fort Worth will open a new COVID-19 testing site on Thursday at the Tarrant County College South Campus.
The site is open to all Tarrant County residents for at least the next six weeks and is free of charge if the person has no insurance, according to a county press release. The site will offer self-administered saliva tests from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Testing can be scheduled at covidtesting.tarrantcounty.com.
As of Tuesday, Tarrant County has reported a total of 40,331 COVID-19 cases, including 519 deaths and an estimated 32,670 recoveries. Also on Tuesday, Tarrant County extended its mask mandate until Nov. 30 to continue combating the spread of the virus.
The new site follows the county’s efforts to expand COVID-19 testing. In the last two weeks, the county has added temporary testing sites around Fort Worth and one new permanent testing site in North Richland Hills.
Tarrant County Precinct 1 Commissioner Roy Charles Brooks said this is another step to continuing to meet the county’s testing needs.
“It is crucial that we have COVID-19 testing throughout Tarrant County,” Brooks said. “This new testing site at the TCC South Campus will help reach a part of the county that has been underserved by testing.”
