Monterey and Santa Cruz state COVID-19 testing sites closing
The California Department of Public Health is closing dozens of state-supported COVID-19 test sites, including across Monterey and Santa Cruz counties.
Test sites that are operating below 50 percent capacity will be closed.
As of Monday, there was only one state-run OptumServe Testing Site in Monterey County, located in Marina at the Behavioral Health Center. The location is operating below the threshold, but according to a spokesperson for the county health department, it could close in the foreseeable future.
Other sites in Monterey County were seeing as few as ten appointments a day, a steep decline from the peak of the pandemic in 2021 when they were testing as many as 100 people a day.
In Santa Cruz County, there are still three test sites in operation, but they're slated to close by end of February.
• Veterans Building, 215 East Beach, Watsonville Closed January 19th, 2023
• Santa Cruz County, 701 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz, Closing February 3rd, 2023
• Felton Public Library, 6121 Gushee Street, Felton Closing February 5th, 2023