Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

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

• Thursday, June 9, 5 to 7 p.m. - Broad Rock Sports Complex, 4899 Old Warwick Road.

• Wednesday, June 15, 8 to 10 a.m. - East Henrico Recreation Center Pavilion, 1440 N. Laburnum Ave.

• Thursday, June 16, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. - Neighborhood Resource Center, 1519 Williamsburg Road.

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, June 9, 1 to 4 p.m. - Fairfield Resource Center Anniversary Celebration, 2311 N. 25th St., Pfizer and Moderna.

• Sunday, June 12, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. - Sacred Heart, 1420 McDonough St., Pfizer and Moderna.

• Wednesday, June 15, 9 a.m. to noon - Henrico West Headquarters, 8600 Dixon Powers Drive, Pfizer and Moderna.

• Thursday, June 16, 1 to 4 p.m. - Richmond Henrico Health District, 400 E. Cary St., Pfizer and Moderna.

Children ages 5 to 17 may only receive the Pfizer vaccine. Vaccinations and booster shots are available for all eligible on a walk-in basis. People still may schedule an appointment online at 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.

Over the weekend, Virginia reached 1,800,000 cases since the pandemic first started. New COVID-19 cases in Virginia dropped by 12 percent last week, according to the Virginia Department of Health, while data from the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association showed an 11 percent increase in hospitalizations statewide within the same period.

The Department of Justice has joined efforts to reinstate a nationwide mask mandate for public transportation, asking a federal appeals court to overturn an April decision that lifted the requirement for airplanes.

As of last Thursday, Hanover has dropped from high levels of community COVID-19 to medium levels, while Richmond and the counties of Chesterfield and Henrico are still facing high levels of community COVID-19.

White House officials have pointed to June 21 as a potential date when COVID-19 vaccines will be available for children under the age of five, if approval and authorization from the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention go according to plan.

A total of 2,958 new cases of COVID-19 were reported statewide Wednesday for the 24-hour period, contributing to an overall state total of 1,811,366 cases in Virginia since the pandemic’s outbreak. As of Wednesday, there have been 451,681 hospitalizations and 20,436 deaths statewide. The state’s seven-day positivity rate rose to 18.8 percent on Wednesday. Last week, the positivity rate was 18.1 percent.

On Wednesday, state health officials reported that 73.8 percent of the state’s population has been fully vaccinated, while 82.3 percent have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

State data also showed that over 3.1 million people in Virginia have received booster shots or third doses of the vaccine.

Among those ages 5 to 11 in Virginia, 320,606 have received their first shots, accounting for 44.2 percent of the age group in the state, while 273,945 children, or 37.8 percent, are fully vaccinated and 12,535 children have received a third vaccine dose or booster, making up 1.7 percent of that age group. As of Wednesday, fewer than 149,970 cases, 891 hospitalizations and ten deaths have been recorded among children in the state.

State data also shows that African-Americans comprised 22 percent of cases statewide and 23.2 percent of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 11.6 percent of cases and 5.1 percent of deaths.