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

• Thursday, May 18, 1 to 5 p.m. - Henrico Arms Apartments, 1664 Henrico Arms Place.

• Friday, May 19, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Southside Women, Infant and Children Office, 509 E. Southside Plaza.

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, visit vax.rchd.com.

The Virginia Department of Health also has a list of COVID-19 testing locations 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 provides free vaccines for COVID-19 at the following locations:

• Wednesday, May 24, 2 to 4 p.m. - Henrico West, 8600 Dixon Powers Drive. Bivalent Moderna boosters for age 6 and older, Bivalent Pfizer boosters for ages 5 and older, Novavax primary shots for age 12 and older, JYNNEOS shots and Moderna/ Pfizer baby bivalent boosters. Walk ups are welcome.

• Thursday, May 25, 2 to 4 p.m. - 400 E. Cary St. Available are Bivalent Moderna boosters for ages 6 and older, Bivalent Pfizer boosters for ages 5 and older, Novavax primary shots for ages 12 and older, JYNNEOS shots and Moderna/Pfizer baby bivalent boosters. Walk-ups are welcome.

To schedule an appointment online, visit vase.vdh.virginia.gov, vaccinate.virginia.gov or vax.rchd.com, or call (804) 205-3501 or (877) VAX-IN-VA (1-877-829-4682).

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

New COVID-19 boosters, updated to better protect against the latest variants of the virus, are now available. The new Pfizer booster is approved for ages 12 and up, while the new Moderna booster is for ages 18 and older.

As with previous COVID-19 boosters, the new doses can only be received after an initial two vaccine shots, and those who qualify are instructed to wait at least two months after their second COVID-19 vaccine.

The Richmond and Henrico Health Districts offer Bivalent Pfizer and Moderna boosters to children between the ages of 5 and 11 in clinics in the near future. Children in this age range will be eligible after at least two months since their last vaccine dose.

A total of 99 new cases of COVID-19 were reported statewide Wednesday for the 24-hour period, contributing to an overall state total of 2,306,661 cases in Virginia since the pandemic’s outbreak. As of Wednesday, there have been 459,871 hospitalizations and 23,757 deaths reported statewide.

State data shows that African-Americans comprised 21.7% of cases statewide and 21.15% of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 9.8% of cases and 3.7% of deaths.

Compiled by George Copeland Jr.