Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations:

• Thursday, May 27, 10 a.m. to noon, Diversity Thrift, 1407 Sherwood Ave. in North Side.

• Thursday, June 3, 2 to 4 p.m., Eastern Henrico Health Department, 1400 N. Laburnum Ave., Eastern Henrico. Drive-thru testing.

Appointments are not necessary, but can be made by calling the Richmond and Henrico COVID-19 Hotline at (804) 205-3501 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, or by registering online at https://bit.ly/RHHDCOVID.

Testing will be offered while test supplies last.

The Virginia Department of Health also has a list of COVID- 19 testing locations around the state at www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/covid-19-testing/covid-19-testing-sites/.

Want a COVID-19 vaccine?

The Richmond and Henrico health districts are offering walk-up COVID-19 vaccines to any vaccine-eligible person at a vaccination event. Appointments are not required, but individuals can schedule an appointment online at vax.rchd.com or by calling (804) 205-3501.

VaccineFinder.org and vaccines.gov also allow people to find nearby pharmacies and clinics that offer the COVID-19 vaccine.

Following weeks of declining COVID-19 cases, Gov. Ralph S. Northam is ending Virginia’s COVID-19 restrictions at midnight on Friday, May 28, while encouraging unvaccinated people to get inoculated.

According to state health data, 3.6 million people have been fully vaccinated in Virginia as of Wednesday, or about 43 percent of the population, while 53.6 percent of the population has received at least one dose of the vaccine.

State officials reported 674,082 cases of COVID-19 statewide on Wednesday, along with 29,617 hospitalizations and 11,143 deaths. Virginia’s seven-day positivity rate is 2.7 percent. Last week, it was 3.2 percent.

According to state data, African-Americans comprised 22.3 percent of cases statewide and 25 percent of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 16.3 percent of cases and 6.5 percent of deaths.