Health & Fitness

Free Pop-Up COVID-19 Testing Coming To Lorain County

The Ohio Department of Health will host another free COVID-19 testing site in Lorain County on Oct. 9.

OBERLIN, OH — There will be free COVID-19 testing in Oberlin on Friday.

The testing site will be run by the Ohio Department of Health and will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Anyone can get a free test at the site, no appointment or doctor's referral is needed.

However, testing may be limited by supplies.

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The testing site will be held at the Oberlin Recreation Complex, 225 W. Hamilton St.

"Pop-up testing sites throughout Ohio are open to anyone. The other regional locations will be announced soon," the Ohio Department of Health said.

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Previous pop-up testing was held in Avon Lake.

In September, there were 190 confirmed COVID-19 cases among Lorain County residents. Nineteen of those residents were hospitalized because of the virus. Two Lorain County residents died from complications caused by COVID-19.

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