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 status reports every Tuesday and Thursday until further notice. Today’s report:

COVID-19 Testing Available July 29 – August 3

San Mateo County’s free COIVD-19 testing is available without restriction to anyone. Because only 500 tests are allocated each day, it is advisable to schedule an appointment with Verily/Project Baseline, San Mateo County’s free testing provider, at https://bit.ly/2xk73OL  

If you don’t have access to the internet, there may be a volunteer on site who can assist you.  The following locations are open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.:

San Bruno: July 29

The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints

975 Sneath Lane

North Fair Oaks: July 30 & 31

Everest High School

455 Fifth Avenue

San Mateo: August 3

San Mateo County Event Center

1346 Saratoga Drive

San Mateo County COVID-19 Cases

San Mateo County Health has updated the number of positive cases to 5,198 as of July 27, 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 or 800-273-6222 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.

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