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By Susannah Sudborough
To date, Morton Hospital in Taunton has tested more than 34,000 people for the coronavirus, the hospital said.
The volume at the clinic has picked up over the last few weeks, and it has continued to make adjustments to its sign-in and registration process to improve efficiency, the hospital said.
Last week, Morton Hospital implemented a new process that has eliminated the need to wait in a line by allowing patients to wait in their vehicles until it is their turn for testing. This also better supports social distancing and reduces the potential for exposure. Like most other testing sites, patients may experience a wait, but we have a full team of staff dedicated to ensuring patients are tested as quickly as possible given the increasing demand, the hospital said.