Goulburn COVID clinics put to the test as cases increase

Laverty Pathology is testing 200 people on average daily at its Seiffert Oval drive-thru, according to area coordinator of collections, Robyn Cordell.

"Our numbers reduced when Queensland changed its travelling restrictions but they have risen again now that we have more cases in the area," she said.

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At times, cars have been lined up out the Seiffert Oval gate, on to Faithfull Street.

Ms Cordell said the clinic had recently reduced its hours to catch up on histopathology resulting from the high demand. The turnaround for results is 72 hours. One extra staff member had been employed to cope, taking the total testers to three.

This week the drive-thru is open from 8am to noon Tuesday to Friday and 8am to 1.30pm Saturday.

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Meantime, Capital Pathology is undertaking 350 to 400 COVID-19 PCR tests daily at its drive-thru Bourke Street clinic in the former council depot.

On Monday staff performed 134 tests in Goulburn and 131 each at the Marulan and Yass truck stops.

Goulburn Base Hospital's clinic undertook 179 tests on Monday, including 152 negative and 27 positive, a Southern NSW Local Health District (SNSWLHD) spokeswoman confirmed.

A total 3487 COVID tests have been performed in the past fortnight in Goulburn Mulwaree and 673 in Upper Lachlan, NSW Health data showed. The former has 200 active cases and the latter - 46, according to the SNSWLHD.

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