Redwood City – The County of San Mateo continues to work to protect public health and safety in response to the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19.
The County of San Mateo’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) remains open to coordinate countywide response and communications in response to the situation. The EOC’s Joint Information Center will provide daily status reports Monday through Friday until further notice. Today’s report:
Easy Access to COVID-19 Testing at Three County Locations This Week
Testing for COVID-19 has become easier to access and to endure. Project Baseline, the state’s free testing provider in San Mateo County, now uses a self-administered swab process that is quick and simple to complete. To see how easy, watch the video https://www.smcgov.org/covid-19-testing
During the next six days, free testing will be available to anyone who wants a test from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the following locations:
Wednesday, June 10 and Thursday, June 11 at Cunha Intermediate School, 600 Church Street, Half Moon Bay
Friday, June 12 and Saturday, June 13 at Sports House Parking Lot, 3151 Edison Way, Redwood City
Monday, June 15 at the San Mateo County Event Center, 1346 Saratoga Drive, San Mateo
Required appointments can be made up to 72 hours prior to the date you wish to be tested at https://bit.ly/2xk73OL
San Mateo County COVID-19 Cases
San Mateo County Health has updated the number of positive cases to 2,437 as of June 8, 2020.
County Health provides detailed information on cases by age group and date and deaths by age group. Learn more at https://www.smchealth.org/coronavirus
Call Center
Residents with non-medical, non-emergency questions about the coronavirus can call 211 at any time, day or night. Callers from landlines and cellular telephones located within San Mateo County are connected with a trained service professional from 211, a confidential service available in 180 languages.