Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

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

• Thursday, July 28, and Aug. 4, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. – Fulton Neighborhood Resource Center, 1519 Williamsburg Road.

• Wednesday, Aug. 3, 8 to 10 a.m. – Eastern Henrico Recreation Center, 1440 N. Laburnum Ave.

Call the Richmond and Henrico COVID-19 Hotline at (804) 205-3501 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for more information on testing sites, or go online at vax.rchd.com.

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 or booster shot?

The Richmond and Henrico health districts are offering free walk-up COVID-19 vaccines at the following locations:

• Thursday, July 28, noon to 4 p.m. & August 4, 1 to 4 p.m. – Richmond Henrico Health District, 400 E. Cary St., Pfizer for ages six months and older, Moderna for ages six months to five years old and ages 12 years and older, appointment only for July 28 and encouraged for Aug. 4.

• Tuesday, Aug. 2, 9 a.m. to noon – Henrico East Health Department, 1400 N. Laburnum Ave., Pfizer for ages six months and older, Moderna for ages six months to five years old and ages 18 years and older, appointments encouraged.

• Wednesday, Aug. 3, 1 to 4 p.m. – Henrico Health Department West Clinic, 8600 Dixon Powers Drive, Pfizer for ages six months and older, Moderna for ages six months to five years old and ages 18 years and older, appointments encouraged.

People can schedule an appointment online at vase.vdh.virginia.gov, vaccinate.virginia.gov or vax.rchd.com, or by calling (804) 205-3501 or (877) VAX-IN-VA (1-877-829- 4682).

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

Those who are getting a booster shot should bring their vaccine card to confirm the date and type of vaccine received.

RHHD also offers at-home vaccinations by calling (804) 205-3501 to schedule appointments.

New COVID-19 cases in Virginia have largely stayed at a flat rate, according to the Virginia Department of Health, while hospitalization data from the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association increased by 16 percent.

As of last Thursday, the city of Richmond and counties of Chesterfield, Henrico and Hanover are at high levels of community COVID-19.

A total of 3,561 new cases of COVID-19 were reported statewide Wednesday for the 24-hour period, contributing to an overall state total of 1,947,686 cases in Virginia since the pandemic’s outbreak. As of Wednesday, there have been 452,792 hospitalizations and 20,889 deaths statewide. The state’s seven-day positivity rate rose to 22.9 percent on Wednesday. Last week, the positivity rate was 22.7 percent.

On Wednesday, state health officials reported that 71.9 percent of the state’s population has been fully vaccinated, while 82.1 percent have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

State data also showed that nearly 3.6 million people in Virginia have received booster shots or third doses of the vaccine.

Among those ages 5 to 11 in Virginia, 327,333 have received their first shots as of Wednesday, accounting for 45.2 percent of the age group in the state, while 284,347 children, or 39.2 percent, are fully vaccinated and 34,131 children have received a third vaccine dose or booster, making up 4.7 percent of that age group.

On Wednesday, 27,977 children from the ages of zero to four have received the first doses, making up 6.2 percent of the population in Virginia, while 2,243 are fully vaccinated. As of Wednesday, fewer than 161,000 cases, 959 hospitalizations and 13 deaths have been recorded among children in the state.

State data also shows that African-Americans comprised 22.1 percent of cases statewide and 23.1 percent of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 11.4 percent of cases and five percent of deaths.