Schools across Pennsylvania are participating in a free COVID-19 testing program created earlier this year by the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PDH). As of November 13, 2021, the testing partnership between PDH, Concentric, and Ginkgo Bioworks has conducted more than 3,600 PCR and antigen tests. Currently, 424 schools are participating in the program, with 148 schools actively testing and 276 schools in the onboarding process.

PDH also shared testing data – including the number of tests conducted and the number of positive cases found, on the PDH website.

In August, the state Department of Health announced the partnership with the two testing companies to offer Pennsylvania’s 500 school districts the free and voluntary COVID-19 testing program. The no-cost initiative has since been made available to schools statewide, except in Philadelphia, which receives its own allocations from the federal government and has its own health department.

To see which  school districts are participating in the testing program, a list of schools can be found here. This list will be updated by PDH each Wednesday.

Source: Pennsylvania Capital-Star