Gloucester County COVID-19 Test Site To Relocate

Anthony Bellano
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GLOUCESTER COUNTY, NJ — The Gloucester County COVID-19 Testing Site is moving to the Swedesboro Public Works Bays, 141 Glen Echo Drive Swedesboro, effective Jan. 18, Gloucester County officials announced on Friday.

Gloucester County’s Vaccination Site is open at the Gloucester County Public Works Complex at 1200 N Delsea Drive in Clayton. Gloucester County is administering first, second and booster shots of the COVID-19 Vaccine Tuesday through Saturday. All vaccinations take place at the Gloucester County Health Department. An appointment is recommended: https://covidvaccine.nj.gov/en-US/.

The Gloucester County COVID-19 Testing Site is a partnership with the New Jersey Department of Health and Vault Health. All testing is done by Vault Health. Vault Health will administer PCR and Rapid testing. Identification and insurance are not needed to receive a COVID-19 test.

Appointments are mandatory for all individuals looking to receive a COVID-19 test at the Gloucester County COVID-19 Testing Site. To make an appointment, visit https://NJcovidtestingappt.as.me/Gloucester.

Vault Health is working to establish more testing dates and longer hours. The testing hours for next week are as follows:

  • Tuesday, January 18 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

  • Wednesday, January 19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

  • Thursday, January 20 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

  • Friday, January 21 from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.

  • Saturday, January 22 from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.


As of Friday, Gloucester County has conducted 286,496 total tests. Of these tests, 227,953 have come back negative. Gloucester County’s total positive COVID-19 case count is now 58,543. Gloucester County is reporting 780 deaths.

Gloucester County is at "high risk" for COVID-19, according to the latest COVID-19 activity level report, which is issued weekly.

This means that between 10 and 25 people out of every 100 has COVID-19. At the "very high" risk level, which is where Gloucester County was last week, more than 25 out of every 100 people was estimated to have the virus.

Gloucester County is one of 10 counties at "high risk," while the state's other 11 counties remain at "very high" risk.

The delta variant accounted for more than 67 percent of coronavirus cases in New Jersey over the last four weeks, according to data provided by the state department of health.

In the last week, it accounted for 54.3 percent of the cases, while the alpha variant accounted for 17 percent of cases. Other lineages accounted for 11.6 percent.

This article originally appeared on the West Deptford Patch