Mercer County Operating COVID-19 Drive-Through Testing Center
Mercer County in collaboration with health care partners, is now operating an appointment-only, drive-up testing site for COVID-19 at Quaker Bridge Mall in Lawrence. Your doctor must fax your prescription to the site’s appointment makers. Those who show up and who do not have an appointment will not able to be tested.
The testing center is by appointment only for symptomatic Mercer County residents age 18 or older who have a prescription from their primary health care provider (PCP). If you are symptomatic for COVID-19 and want to be tested, contact your PCP.
The testing center is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and is a collaborative effort between the County of Mercer, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, Capital Health System, St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton and the Trenton Health Team.
Mercer County has contracted with Bio-Reference Laboratories, which will provide testing for individuals who are symptomatic and have been scheduled through their PCP.
To be eligible for testing, an individual must be examined by a PCP. The PCP will determine the need for the test based on symptoms. No one should be tested without being symptomatic. If the PCP deems a test is necessary, they will fax a prescription to the Mercer County call center with the patient’s phone number. Staff will then call the patient, take registration information and schedule an appointment, providing testing site instructions.
For the health, safety and security of staff at the site, patients will not be permitted to leave their vehicles. Walk-ups are not permitted.
If you believe you may have symptoms of COVID-19, the State of New Jersey’s COVID-19 Information Hub provides a self-assessment tool that will help you determine whether you should be tested. Visit self.covid19.nj.gov.
The statewide COVID-19 case count climbed by 2,196 on Tuesday, March 31st, for a total of 18,696 cases; 69 New Jerseyans died since Monday, bringing the fatality count to 267 as of Tuesday.
COVID-19 Cases by County
Data is provisional and subsequent to revision.
3,686 Positives Pending Further Information
Bergen County:
2,909 Positive Test Result(s)
Essex County:
1,900 Positive Test Result(s)
Hudson County:
1,606 Positive Test Result(s)
Union County:
1,418 Positive Test Result(s)
Passaic County:
1,294 Positive Test Result(s)
Middlesex County:
1,277 Positive Test Result(s)
Monmouth County:
1,140 Positive Test Result(s)
Ocean County:
1,022 Positive Test Result(s)
Morris County:
841 Positive Test Result(s)
Somerset County:
413 Positive Test Result(s)
Mercer County:
268 Positive Test Result(s)
Camden County:
228 Positive Test Result(s)
Burlington County:
202 Positive Test Result(s)
Sussex County:
132 Positive Test Result(s)
Gloucester County:
114 Positive Test Result(s)
Hunterdon County:
97 Positive Test Result(s)
Warren County:
76 Positive Test Result(s)
Atlantic County:
31 Positive Test Result(s)
Cumberland County:
18 Positive Test Result(s)
Cape May County:
12 Positive Test Result(s)
Salem County:
12 Positive Test Result(s)
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