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New COVID-19 Testing Sites Set Up In St. Joseph County, Indiana To Address Gap In Testing

WVPE Staff

Some new COVID-19 testing sites have been set up in St. Joseph County, Indiana to address the gap in testing.

In St. Joseph County, people who are African-American or Hispanic are hospitalized for COVID-19 at a higher rate than white patients. But the minority groups have been testing positive at a rate in line with their population in the county. That’s according to data released by the county health department last week.

Deputy health officer Mark Fox says the data could point to disparities in testing, specifically on the west side.

In order to start addressing the problem, some new testing sites are being set up around the county.

St. Joseph Health System set up testing sites at Sister Maura Brannick Health Center 326 Chapin St., South Bend. It also has a mobile medical unit at Northwest Family Medicine Clinic, 2930 Cleveland Rd., South Bend. Call (574) 335-8560 before going to any St. Joseph Health System test site.

Beacon Health System will have a mobile testing site from noon to 3 p.m Friday at Goodwill Industries, 1805 W. Western Ave. South Bend. The tests are first come first serve and you should be displaying symptoms of COVID-19 in order to receive the test.