Over 10,000 rapid COVID-19 tests in Lincoln this year
Only 131 tested positive for coronavirus
A rapid coronavirus test being carried out at Lincoln City's LNER Stadium. | Photo: Stuart Wilde for COLC
Over 10,000 people have now had a rapid coronavirus test at one of the two community testing facilities in Lincoln since the start of 2021.
An average of 200 people per day have been for tests between the two sites at Lincoln City’s LNER Stadium and at St Swithin’s Community Centre off Monks Road. The rapid lateral flow tests provide results in less than an hour.
Some 9,980 people were tested by Tuesday evening and this figure rose above 10,000 by Wednesday afternoon. Of these people, 131 tested positive for COVID-19 (1.31% positivity rate).