Health & Fitness
COVID-19 Testing In Arlington Heights Area: Where To Find A Test
With cases on the rise amid the omicron wave, here's where to get tested for COVID-19 in the Arlington Heights area.
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ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL — With holiday gatherings and the emerging omicron surge of coronavirus combining to send demand for tests skyrocketing past supplies, an increasing number of North Shore residents have been seeking COVID-19 testing but have found it unavailable or difficult to obtain.
COVID-19 test positivity in suburban Cook County rose to 7.8 percent, as of Monday, according to the Cook County Department of Public Health.
There were nearly 240,000 tests performed in the county during the week ending Dec. 18, according to the most recent data available from the Illinois Department of Public Health.
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In Arlington Heights, there were 342 new cases reported last week, with a 119 percent increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases over the past 14 days. The municipality's weekly case rate is 440 per 100,000 people — lower than the suburban Cook County average of 548.
According to the Cook County Department of Public Health, 89 percent of municipality residents have received at least one vaccine dose, and 70.7 percent are fully vaccinated. Since the start of the pandemic, 150 Arlington Heights residents have died of COVID-19 — with the most recent death on Sunday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.
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Locations offering COVID-19 testing in the north suburbs include:
- COVID Clinic – Schaumburg, 5 Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg (Hotline: 833-552-4881)
- CVS, 700 West Irving Park Road, Bensenville
- CVS, 121 East Lake Street, Bloomingdale
- CVS, 20 E Dundee Road, Buffalo Grove
- CVS, 2045 Plum Grove Road, Rolling Meadows
- CVS, 1855 West Irving Park Road, Schaumburg
- CVS, 1801 West Golf Road, Schaumburg
- Greater Elgin Family Care Center – Creekside Health Center, 300 McHenry Road, Wheeling (Hotline: 847-608-1344)
- Greater Elgin Family Care Center – Lake Health Center, 1515 E. Lake Street, Suite 202, Hanover Park (Hotline: 847-608-1344)
- Greater Elgin Family Care Center – Streamwood Community Health Center, 135 E. Irving Park Road, Streamwood (Hotline: 847-608-1344)
- IDPH Arlington Heights Drive-Through, 2200 West Euclid Avenue, Arlington Heights (Hotline: 1-800-889-3931)
- MedLab – Bensenville, 1301 W Irving Park Road, Bensenville (Hotline: 224-332-3300)
- National Clinical Lab – S&T Medical, 136 W Higgins Road, Hoffman Estates (Hotline: 1-833-C19-STOP)
- Newmed Immediate Care, 1669 Algonquin Road, Rolling Meadows (Hotline: 847-258-4500)
- Physicians Immediate Care – Hanover Park, 7425 Barrington Road, Hanover Park (Hotline: 312-767-0400)
- Prime Care Physicians, 1355 Remington Road Suite Q, Schaumburg
- Prism Health Lab, 1318 W Lake St., Roselle (Hotline: 800-325-1812)
- Prism Health Lab, 825 E Schaumburg Road, Schaumburg (Hotline: 800-325-1812)
- Rocket Testing Hoffman Estates, 5333 Prairie Stone Parkway (Hotline: 800-983-2233)
- Rocket Testing Schaumburg, 1999 S. Springinsguth Road (Hotline: 800-983-2233)
- Rocket Testing Schaumburg, 1200 N. Meacham Road (Hotline: 800-983-2233)
- Rocket Testing Vernon Hills, 122 Hawthorn Center, Vernon Hills (Hotline: 800-983-2233)
- Suburban Medical and Wellness Center – Hanover Park, 1900 Army Trail Road, Hanover Park (Hotline: 847-995-9500)
- Walgreens COVID-19 Drive-Thru Testing, 17 W Golf Road, Des Plaines
- Yorktown Clinical Lab Drive Thru, 1080 Irving Park Road, Schaumburg (Hotline: 847-962-7887)
- Yorktown Clinical Lab Drive Thru, 115 W. Central Road, Schaumburg (Hotline: 847-962-7891)
- Yorktown Clinical Lab Walk-Up Testing, 808 S. Rand Road, Lake Zurich (Hotline: 512-766-6705)
- Yorktown Clinical Lab Drive Thru, 22 W. Algonquin Road, Arlington Heights
Find more testing locations from the Pritzker administration's coronavirus response website.
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