Need a free COVID-19 test before Christmas? This Hilton Head clinic will be open. When?
Need a free COVID-19 test before Christmas? You’re in luck. A weekly clinic on Hilton Head Island is going to operate until the end of the year.
The free testing site will run from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. every Monday this month, excluding Dec. 27, according to the town government and S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control.
The clinic is located at Fire Station 4 at 400 Squire Pope Road on the island’s north end.
No appointments or doctor’s referrals are needed.
The testing site had originally opened in mid-September. At the time, the town expected the weekly clinic to shut down by late November.
The clinic, though, is now going to remain open until the end of 2021, the town announced Sunday. Testing demand typically spikes before major holidays such as Christmas.
Where else can you get tested?
DHEC has an online map that shows other COVID-19 testing sites across Beaufort and Jasper counties: https://bit.ly/SCTestingMap
Countywide data
Here are the latest Beaufort County coronavirus numbers from DHEC:
New cases reported Monday: 12 confirmed, 2 probable
New cases reported Sunday: 14 confirmed, 5 probable
New cases reported Saturday: 16 confirmed, 2 probable
New deaths reported from Saturday to Monday: 0 confirmed, 1 probable
Seven-day average of new cases: 13 confirmed infections per day
Two-week incidence rate: 109.3 cases per 100,000 people
Vaccination rate: 54.4% of residents have been fully vaccinated
ZIP code data since July 1
Bluffton ZIP code, 29910: 2,896 cases
Hilton Head Island ZIP code, 29926: 1,125 cases
Hilton Head Island ZIP code, 29928: 474 cases
Okatie ZIP code, 29909: 797 cases
Beaufort ZIP code, 29902: 1,444 cases
St. Helena Island ZIP code, 29920: 449 cases
