Gov. Tom Wolf has announced the Department of Health reached its testing goals in May with more than 283,000 COVID-19 diagnostic test results reported to the department. The department achieved its 2 percent testing goal for the month by more than 11 percent.
In addition, beginning last Friday, various Walmart and Quest Diagnostics opened drive-thru testing locations across the state for residents living in areas with few testing sites. No COVID-19 testing will take place inside five Walmart stores across the state or Quest Diagnostics Patient Service Centers. The health department is partnering with Quest Diagnostics to process the tests. At this time, the tests are being provided at no cost to Pennsylvanians.
As entities such as Rite Aid, CVS, Patient First and Walmart offer testing regardless of symptoms, Pennsylvanians can get tested close to home. Adding these locations to those already offered by hospitals, health systems, FQHCs, health clinics and other locations has expanded the testing network in the state.
Symptoms of COVID-19 include:
- Fever
- Cough
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
- Diarrhea
- Chills
- Repeating shaking with chills
- Muscle pain
- Headache
- Sore throat
- New loss of taste or smell
Symptoms may appear in as few as two days or as long as 14 days after exposure. Reported illnesses have ranged from people with little to no symptoms to people being severely ill and dying.
