A new Laverty Pathology COVID testing clinic has opened in Cessnock.
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On Wednesday Laverty opened the new clinic in the carpark of the Civic Indoor Sports Centre on Mount View Road.
The clinic will operate from 7.30am to 3.30pm Monday to Friday.
The new clinic is timely as there has been a significant jump in the number of people being tested over the past week.
A Hunter New England Health spokesperson said the new clinic was welcome.
"There has most certainly been an increase in testing across the area which is fantastic," the spokesperson said.
"Hunter New England health is happy to work with private partners to meet the increase in demand."
HNEH statistics show that the number of tests done in Cessnock last week nearly doubled the weekly average from the preceding weeks.
For the week ending June 27, 634 COVID tests were completed in the Cessnock LGA - this compared with figures ranging from 287 to 340 over the previous four weeks.
The Laverty clinic is Cessnock's second drive-through COVID testing centre. The Cessnock Hospital centre is open Monday to Friday from 8am to 4.30pm, and weekends from 8am to noon. Appointments are essential on 4964 7497.