‘Overwhelmed’: COVID-19 testing demand climbing in North Texas
‘Overwhelmed’: COVID-19 testing demand climbing in North Texas
More than 64,000 coronavirus tests were conducted in Dallas County in the past week, the most since early February.
Medical assistant Sonia Herrera administers a COVID-19 test at YesNoCovid on Tuesday in Dallas.(Elias Valverde II / Staff Photographer)
6:26 PM on Aug 3, 2021 CDT
It’s a routine Sonia Herrera has gotten used to since she started working at a COVID-19 testing site in December. She arrives about 8 a.m., puts on a mask and purple gloves and heads out to wait for people to drive up.