Salt Lake County Health Department Covid Testing
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Salt lake county health department covid testing. Salt lake city the salt lake county health department announced it will continue its free covid 19 testing through june 28 even for utahns who aren t experiencing symptoms. For people with multiple positive lab. Small business impact grant. Calling ahead allows a medical professional to assess your symptoms over the phone and determine if you should be tested for covid 19.
Effective july 18 salt lake county health department will adjust the date used on this dashboard to report positive cases of covid. All business industries apply now. From outside of those target areas gary edwards executive director of the salt lake county health department said during a salt lake city council work meeting tuesday. Salt lake county like much of utah has seen an alarming increase in the spread of covid 19 in recent weeks.
Molecular viral testing is used to detect active infection with sars cov 2 the virus that causes covid 19. Salt lake county covid 19 data dashboard. Salt lake city salt lake county will resume its free drive thru covid 19 testing efforts this week in areas disproportionately affected by the virus. We are now consistently seeing 200 or more new cases reported each day.
Testing will be conducted from 9 a m. This test uses a sample taken from the nose and or throat. We chose to suspend testing for a week after we were inundated with individuals. You will likely be referred to testing if you have one of the covid 19 symptoms subject to testing capacity.
Salt lake county s covid 19 health data. Beginning july 18 we will use the date of the person s positive lab result. This comes after a. Prior to july 18 the department reported the date it received notice of the positive case.
The florida department of health in lake county is offering free covid 19 tests for county residents and non residents at a three locations in the county. Keeping salt lake county safe healthy and informed during the covid 19 outbreak. Find out if you should be tested by calling the covid 19 hotline at 844 442 5224. Some salt lake county facilities are reopening with modified services.
There are two main types of testing available to lake county clinicians. Service changes due to covid 19. Salt lake county health department general information phone.