COVID-19 Tests In Evanston Area: Where To Find Locations

EVANSTON, IL — With holiday gatherings and the emerging omicron surge of coronavirus combining to send demand for tests skyrocketing past supplies, an increasing number of North Shore residents have been seeking COVID-19 testing but have found it unavailable or difficult to obtain.

COVID-19 test positivity in suburban Cook County rose to 7.8 percent, as of Monday, according to the Cook County Department of Public Health. There were nearly 240,000 tests performed in suburban county during the week ending Dec. 18, the most recent data available from the Illinois Department of Public Health.

In Evanston, there were more than 7,100 coronavirus tests performed for the week ending Dec. 23, the most recent data available from the Evanston Health and Human Services Department.

The seven-day rolling average COVID-19 positivity rate is 6.64 percent, and there were 839 new confirmed cases in the city for the week, a 170 percent increase from the previous week's total of 311, city officials said.

According to city staff, nearly 84 percent of Evanston residents aged 5 or over are fully vaccinated.

Since the start of the pandemic, 116 Evanston residents have died of COVID-19, including four in November and three so far this month, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

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Locations offering COVID-19 testing in the north suburbs include:

• IDPH Waukegan Drive-Thru, 102 W. Water St. (Six days a weeks starting Jan. 3. Hotline: 800-889-3931)
• Affordable Labs, 850 N. Milwaukee Ave., Suite 208, Vernon Hills (Hotline: 847-367-8636)
• Amita Health St. Francis Hospital, 355 Ridge Ave., Evanston (Requires prescription from primary care doctor)
• AHS Family Health Center, 8800 Lockwood Ave., Skokie (Hotline: 800-597-5078)
• CVS, 101 Asbury St., Evanston
• CVS, 2000 Skokie Valley Road, Highland Park
• CVS, 936 Willow Road, Northbrook
• CVS, 3780 Willow Road, Northbrook
• CVS, 3434 Dempster St., Skokie
• CVS, 3001 W. Washington St., Waukegan
• CVS, 1515 Sheridan Road, Wilmette
• CVS, 4580 Route 173, Zion
• Elterman Center, 4959 Golf Road, Skokie
• Erie Evanston/Skokie Health Center, 1285 Hartrey Ave., Evanston (Must be Erie patient, appointment required, Hotline: 312-666-3494)
• Erie HealthReach Waukegan, 2323 Grand Ave., Waukegan (Must be Erie patient, appointment required, Hotline: 312-666-3494)
• JD Exam, 3941 Oakton St., Skokie (Hotlines: 847-410-7385, 773-807-0763)
• Lake County Health Department/Community Health Center, 2215 14th Street, North Chicago (Hotline: 847-377-8800)
• Lake Forest Hospital, 1000 North Westmoreland Road (Testing requires an order from a Northwestern Medicine doctor, Hotline: 312-47-COVID)
• Lurie Children's, 1131 Techny Road, Northbrook (Testing children by appointment only, Hotline: 312-227-5300)
• NorthShore Immediate Care, 9977 Woods Drive, Skokie (Tests provided based on determination by NorthShore provider)
• Northshore Immediate Care - Lake Bluff, 71 Waukegan Road, Lake Bluff (Tests provided based on determination of need.)
• Prism Health Lab, 5300 W. Touhy Ave., Skokie (Hotline: 800-325-1812)
• Raden Wellness, 200 Green Bay Road, 2nd Floor, Highwood (Hotline: 847-235-2139)
• Rocket Testing Skokie, 9933 Lawler Ave., Skokie (Hotline: 800-983-2233)
• Rocket Testing Vernon Hills, 122 Hawthorn Center, Vernon Hills (Hotline: 800-983-2233)
• Rosalind Franklin University Health Clinics, 3471 Green Bay Road, North Chicago
• Vista Health System, 1324 N. Sheridan Road, Waukegan (Requires ER visit)

Find more testing locations from the Pritzker administration's coronavirus response website