Sonoma County Opens Pop-Up Coronavirus Test Site In Rohnert Park

ROHNERT PARK, CA — The County of Sonoma has opened a pop-up testing site in Rohnert Park as part of its stepped-up efforts to reach residents disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus.

Its strategy to address disparities, particularly within Latinx and indigenous communities, and reduce overall community spread, includes doubling the number of pop-up test sites and encouraging residents to be tested regardless of whether they have symptoms or have been exposed to someone who is COVID-19 positive.

The county, which remains in the most restrictive purple tier on the state's Blueprint for a Safer Economy, will also offer gift cards to encourage people in certain neighborhoods to be tested. In addition, the county may offer financial assistance to residence who lack resources to miss work and safely isolate for 10 days or more after testing positive for COVID-19.

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors will be reviewing these enhanced strategies at its meeting Tuesday.

"Expanding testing allows us to address the disparate impact of COVID-19 on our Latinx community in particular and provide support to those who find it most difficult to be separated from their families and isolate during this challenging time," said Sonoma County Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase. ":We see this as a key to helping stop the spread of infection in our families and bringing our infection rates down as a community as a whole."

Pop-Up Coronavirus Test Sites

New pop-up testing sites will open this week — and following weeks at the same times and locations— at the following sites in Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol and Healdsburg:

• 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays at Andy’s Unity Park, 3399 Moorland Ave., Santa Rosa
• 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Wednesdays at the Healdsburg Day Labor Center, 405 Grove St., Healdsburg
• 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursdays at Roseland Library, 779 Sebastopol Road, Santa Rosa
• 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Mondays and Fridays at Burton Avenue Recreation Center, 7421 Burton Ave., Rohnert Park, CA 94928

To make an appointment at one of these pop-up testing sites, as well as other locations, including Empire College, at 3035 Cleveland Ave. in Santa Rosa, and Alliance Medical Center at 1381 University Ave. in Healdsburg, call 707-565-4667.

Appointments for Saturday tests are available. Appointments can be made in Spanish and English.

Testing results are being provided within 48 hours.

New Windsor Testing Site

Testing is also now available at the Town of Windsor Bluebird Community Center, 25 Bluebird Drive, starting Monday. Moved from its previous site in Petaluma, this testing site is provided through a state partnership with OptumServe, which also provides testing at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa. Appointments for these sites are available by calling 888-634-1123.

Information on additional testing options can be found online at SoCoEmergency.org. Everyone is allowed to receive a test, regardless if they are symptomatic or have been exposed to someone with COVID-19.

Coronavirus Cases In Sonoma County

The number of coronavirus cases in Sonoma County since the outbreak began in March was 8,858 as of Sunday evening. Of those, 1,325 were active cases, 7,404 people have recovered and 129 cases resulted in death.

A total of 198,946 people have been tested in the county.

As of Sunday, the number of cases among Sonoma County's Hispanic/Latino population was 4,549, which is 54 percent of the population when Latinx makes up only 25.6 of the county's population as a whole.

According to COVID-19 Case Data on SoCoemergency.org, there were 1,344 cases among White, non-Hispanic — or 16 percent of the population— whereas white, non-Hispanic residents make up 64.2 percent of the county's population.

There were 171 cases among Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic — or 2 percent of the population — among a group that makes up 5.2 percent of the population.

Among Black/African American, non-Hispanic, there were 69 cases — or 1 percent — while Black/African American make up 1.7 percent of the population.

Cases among Multi-Race residents numbered 94 — or 1 percent— of a group that makes up 2.3 percent of the population.

Residents of "Other" ethnicities had a total of 136 cases, while the number of cases among residents of "Unknown" ethnicity was 2,059 (24 percent of the population).