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    164 new cases of COVID locally

    Posted on January 12, 2022

    Free COVID-19 testing is available at the Department of Health in Taylor County (DOH-Taylor). Nomi Health has now added Sundays to its COVID testing schedule for the drive-through facility next to the DOH-Taylor office located at 1215 N. Peacock Ave. The new testing schedule will operate Sundays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and continue Monday-Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed on Saturdays). To sign-up for testing, visit https://mdc.nomihealth.com/signup/fl.

    Although new COVID-19 cases are rapidly rising both in Taylor County and across the state – widely attributed to the new Omicron variant — the speed at which cases are rising appeared to slow down last week when compared to the week before.

    According to the latest report from the Florida Department of Health (DOH), there were 164 new cases of COVID reported in Taylor County during the seven-day period ending Thursday, Jan. 6. This was up from 106 cases reported the final week of 2021, but the jump of 58 cases from week to week was less than the 90-case jump from the week prior when just 16 cases were reported.

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