Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

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

• Wednesday, Sept. 8, 9 to 11 a.m., Eastern Henrico Recreation Center Pavilion, 1440 N. Laburnum Ave.

• Thursday, Sept. 9, 1 to 3 p.m., Hotchkiss Field Community Center, 701 E. Brookland Park Blvd.

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.

COVID-19 testing also is available at various drug stores, clinics and urgent care centers throughout the area for people with and without health insurance. Several offer tests with no out-of-pocket costs.

A list of area COVID-19 testing sites is online at https://www. vdh.virginia.gov/richmond-city/richmond-and-henrico-area-covid-19-testing-sites/

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 free walk-up COVID-19 vaccines at the following locations:

• Thursday, Sept. 2, 10 a.m. to noon – Richmond Public Library Broad Rock Branch, 4820 Old Warwick Road, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson; 1 to 4:30 p.m. – Richmond Health District Cary Street Clinic, 400 E. Cary St., Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson; 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. – Henrico Theater youth event, 305 E. Nine Mile Road, Highland Springs, second floor, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson.

• Friday, Sept. 3, 9 a.m. to noon – Henrico West Health Department Clinic, 8600 Dixon Powers Drive, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.

• Tuesday, Sept. 7, 3 to 6 p.m. – Second Baptist Church of South Richmond, 3300 Broad Rock Blvd.

• Wednesday, Sept. 8, 1 to 4 p.m. – Eastern Henrico Recreation Center, 1440 N. Laburnum Ave.

• Thursday, Sept. 9, 1 to 4 p.m. – Richmond Health District Cary Street Clinic, 400 E. Cary St.

• Friday, Sept. 10, 9 a.m. to noon – Henrico West Health Department Clinic, 8600 Dixon Powers Drive.

Children ages 12 to 17 may only receive the Pfizer vaccine.

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.

The Richmond and Henrico health districts announced Monday that they will open beginning next week four new ongoing community vaccination hubs where people can get inoculated against COVID-19. Each site will operate one day a week and supplement the health districts’ pop-up vaccination clinics done in partnership with large employers, faith communities, community organizations and others.

The four new hubs are: Second Baptist Church of South Richmond, 3300 Broad Rock Blvd., which will be open 3 to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays; Eastern Henrico Recreation Center, 1440 N. Laburnum Ave., which will be open 1 to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays; Richmond Health District Cary Street Clinic, 400 E. Cary St., which will be open 1 to 4 p.m. on Thursdays; and the Henrico West Health Department Clinic, 8600 Dixon Powers Drive, which will be open 9 a.m. to noon on Fridays.

The new hubs open as the number of COVID-19 cases in Richmond rise. According to city officials, Richmond has seen a 300 percent increase in cases in the last month with an 11.1 percent positivity rate on Tuesday. Officials said that 58.8 percent of adults in the city have had at least one dose of the vaccine.

On Wednesday, state health officials reported 3,407 new COVID-19 cases for a 24-hour period. With that number, Virginia has reached a total of 769,842 cases during the course of the pandemic, with 33,808 hospitalizations and 11,861 deaths.

Virginia’s seven-day positivity rate continues to rise at 10.3 percent. Last week, it was 9.8 percent.

According to state health department data, 56.8 percent of the population has been fully vaccinated, while 64.1 percent of the population has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

State data also show that African-Americans comprised 22.9 percent of cases statewide and 25.1 percent of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 15.1 percent of cases and 6.4 percent of deaths.