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San Francisco Ramping Up COVID-19 Testing Again

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A woman has her nose swabbed by a medical technician in order to test her for COVID-19.

The new high volume testing site opens on Thursday at Seventh and Brannan streets, in the South of Market district.

The site will operate from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., seven days a week and by appointment only. Patients can get their results in 24 and 48 hours.

By the end of the month, city officials are hoping the site will be able to administer 500 tests per day.

Currently, the city is seeing an average of 230 new COVID-19 cases daily, a sharp rise from just 11 average daily cases just two months ago.

Kevin Vance is an Announcer, Producer, and Music program host at KALW Public Media, where he's the local host of Morning Edition, studio operator for Your Call, and producer of the folk music show, A Patchwork Quilt.