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Drive Thru COVID19 Testing Finds Eight Positive Cases

Epidemic concept COVID-19. Coronavirus Test Station. Medical worker in full protective gear takes sample from patient at a COVID-19 drive-thru test site. Testing is done by throat swab.
Epidemic concept COVID-19. Coronavirus Test Station. Medical worker in full protective gear takes sample from patient at a COVID-19 drive-thru test site. Testing is done by throat swab.
The WindsorEssex County Health Unit conducted random testing at eight sites across the region

The final numbers are in from the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit's random drive-thru COVID-19 testing blitz.

More than 4,900 people were tested at eight sites around the region resulting in eight confirmed positive cases.

The drive-thru testing was carried out between May 29 and June 12 with a goal of increasing accessibility to each community across Windsor-Essex.

According to the health unit, the random testing will help provide better quality data for analysis, planning and intervention.

As of Monday, Windsor-Essex had 1,198 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 67 deaths.

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