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MID-MICHIGAN (WJRT) - (4/11/20) - The state confirmed Flint and Bay City will soon be among 13 Michigan communities with drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites.

Confirmation of the Flint site first came Saturday morning during Mayor Sheldon Neeley's weekly radio show.

The state later confirmed the plans and said the site was scheduled to open on Wednesday.

It said the Bay City site would open Monday, April 13.

Health leaders said all of the testing locations would open on a rolling basis starting Saturday through next week.

The state said the Flint site, which included a partnership with Hurley Medical Center, would work to test at least 250 people per day.

The Detroit location would aim to test at least 750 people per day.

In a press release, the state said, "New drive-thru sites will also operate in Atlanta (between Gaylord and Alpena), Bad Axe, Battle Creek, Bay City, Benton Harbor, Jackson, Kalamazoo, and Traverse City. The partnership will significantly expand drive-thru test sites currently operating in Grand Rapids, Lansing, and Saginaw... Each site will aim to serve 100 or more individuals per day beginning Monday, April 13, with the exception of the Detroit and Flint sites that will begin operations on later dates. Individuals should call before coming to these drive-thru sites for pre-test evaluation and additional information."

As of Saturday morning, state data showed Michigan had 22,783 confirmed COVID-19 cases.

It also listed 1,281 deaths from the coronavirus.

Genesee County had 828 confirmed cases.

The state listed the following statement on who would be tested:

People must meet Michigan’s coronavirus testing priority criteria to be tested at the sites. They should first contact the site’s patient screening telephone line or their health care provider if seeking testing. Michigan’s testing priority criteria include:

• Hospitalized patients

• Symptomatic healthcare workers

• Patients in congregate facilities with symptoms, including those at:

• Long-term care or elderly living facilities

• Jails or prisons

• Homeless shelters

• Residential foster care facilities

• Other group living settings

• Patients age 65 and older with symptoms

• Patients with underlying conditions with symptoms

• First responders with symptoms

• Critical infrastructure workers with symptoms

Once all the operations were up and running, the state said the efforts would increase Michigan's daily coronavirus testing capacity by about 40 percent.

State leaders also listed the locations that were either open or planned to open:

• Atlanta (between Gaylord and Alpena): Thunder Bay Community Health Service, 11899 M-32, 989-733-6827.

• Bad Axe: Great Lakes Bay Health Centers, 876 N. Van Dyke Rd, 989-623-0137.

• Battle Creek: Grace Health, 181 W. Emmett St., 269-441-3463.

• Bay City: Great Lakes Bay Health Centers, 3884 Monitor Rd, 989-671-2000

• Benton Harbor: InterCare Community Health Network, 800 M-139, 855-869-6900

• Detroit: Details to come.

• Flint (Open beginning on Wednesday): Atwood Stadium, parking lot entrance off West 1st Street, details to come

• Grand Rapids: Cherry Health, 200 Sheldon Street SE, 616-965-8347

• Jackson: Center for Family Health, 505 N. Jackson St., 517-748-5363

• Kalamazoo: Family Health Center, 117 W Paterson St., 269-488-0804

• Lansing: Ingham Community Health Centers, 2316 S. Cedar St., 517-887-4517

• Saginaw: Great Lakes Bay Health Centers, 501 Lapeer Ave., 989-293-3492

• Traverse City: Northwest Michigan Health Services, 10767 Traverse Highway, 231-642-5292