HOLMDEL - A drive-thru coronavirus testing site at the PNC Bank Arts Center is set to open Monday, but just because the tents are going up doesn't mean it's ready for customers.

Gov. Phil Murphy said the site would open at 8 a.m. Monday.

The Monmouth site is similar to another Federal Emergency Management Agency site that opened Friday at Bergen County Community College. Priority for testing at the Bergen site is being given to those who have symptoms of the coronavirus: fever, a cough or other respiratory symptoms, and shortness of breath.

Demand for tests was high in Bergen County, with hundreds of cars lined up as people waited to be tested. By 12 p.m. Friday the site was closed for the day because maximum capacity had been reached, according to a tweet by the Englewood Police Department. Murphy said the site administered 600 tests on Friday; it will administer another 350 tests beginning 8 a.m. Saturday.

People who have no symptoms are not being tested at the site.

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Similar testing guidelines are likely for the Monmouth site as well, although specifics have not been released.

The site is designed to eventually process as many as 5,000 tests a day, but state health officials have said the Bergen site will be stocked with 2,500 testing kits each week. The kits will be sent to labs to determine the results.

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The Holmdel site is not the first drive-thru site to open in Monmouth County. Immediate Care in Marlboro opened a drive-thru testing site this week. Anyone interested in getting a test at that site must sign up on the company's website in advance.

Ocean County officials are looking to open a testing site at Ocean County Community College within the next several days, although details have not been released.

Other health providers have taken steps to treat more patients. Hackensack Meridian Health said it began curbside evaluations this week at its urgent care facilities, but it would only test patients who meet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's criteria.

It urged patients to call the facility ahead of time to register.

State health officials reported 10 new cases of the novel coronavirus in Monmouth County Friday as the state increased testing.

The state also announced 15 new cases in Ocean County for a total of 49 countywide. Many of those new cases had already been released by the Ocean County Health Department, which reported 48 cases in the county including a cluster of 26 in Lakewood as of Thursday evening.

Monmouth County now has 53 COVID-19 cases, still the fifth-most of New Jersey's 21 counties.

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The new drive-thru site will be supported by FEMA, which has identified New Jersey as one of 12 "priority" states that will receive federally run testing sites.

FEMA will stock the sites with tents, testing kits and protective equipment for medical staff and replenish the supplies weekly, according to State Police Superintendent Col. Patrick J. Callahan said.

State Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said the FEMA centers would allow the state to save badly needed protective medical equipment for hospitals that are running low on supplies.

Murphy has said he hopes to open testing centers in all 21 counties.

Sen. Declan O’Scanlon and Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso, both R-Monmouth, said they were able to drive to the testing site Thursday to speak with "numerous individuals on site involved in the operation" including the New Jersey State Police, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Health, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the site and construction managers for PNC.”

“The value of a centralized testing location cannot be overstated; it will seriously help alleviate a strain on our hospital systems and aid in the safety of patients as well as personnel," O'Scanlon and DiMaso said.

Keith Schubert is the morning breaking news reporter. He can be contacted via text, call or signal at (732) 239-8731 or emailed at kschubert@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @keithsch94.