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As California endures another lockdown due to surging COVID-19 infection rates and area hospitals are facing strained ICU resources, testing availability has become a challenging obstacle to tracking the infection.
While many local places offer testing, availability is typically limited to appointment-only, which have been hampered by resource availability.
Oak Valley Hospital offers local testing by appointment only and must be accompanied by a physician referral.
Modern Urgent Care offers local testing: walk-ins without insurance must pay $249 for the test; those with insurance must use the online portal to make an appointment but the system has been locked up for weeks.