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Expanded Testing Begins In Indiana Through Partnership With OptumServe

A Beacon Health COVID-19 testing worker takes information from a patient at Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church. The state's partnership with OptumServe is designed to expand the state's testing capacity.
A Beacon Health COVID-19 testing worker takes information from a patient at Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church. The state's partnership with OptumServe is designed to expand the state's testing capacity.

The state’s COVID-19 testing partnership with OptumServe Health Services launched Wednesday at 20 sites across the state. 

The partnership is designed to expand the state’s testing capacity, with the stated goal of testing 100,000 people within the first 30 days.

State Health Commissioner Kris Box says people who are in higher risk groups – older than 65, high blood pressure, diabetes, or are a person of color – should sign up for testing.

“Please come get tested. You do not have to be symptomatic,” Box says.

People who have symptoms or who have been in close contact with a symptomatic person can get tested without a doctor’s order. 

Box says they’ll add 30 additional testing sites in the coming days.

To register for testing go to lhi.care/covidtesting or call 888-634-1116.

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Contact Lauren at  lchapman@wfyi.org or follow her on Twitter at @laurenechapman_.

This is a rapidly evolving story, and we are working hard to bring you the most up-to-date information. However, we recommend checking the websites of the  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  or the  Indiana State Department of Health  for the most recent numbers of COVID-19 cases.

For the latest news and resources about COVID-19, bookmark our Coronavirus In Indiana page  here.

Lauren Chapman is the digital producer for our statewide collaboration, and is based at WFYI in Indianapolis. She previous has worked at a basketball magazine, a top 30 newspaper, and a commercial television station. Lauren is new to public media, but in addition to her job "making stuff on the internet," she is also a radio and television reporter. She's a proud Ball State University alumna and grew up on the west side of Indianapolis.