Henry officials tout COVID testing numbers

Henry County government officials announced Jan. 24 that nearly 8,000 COVID-19 tests had been administered since Dec. 16 at drive-up locations operated by the county.

According to a statement posted on the county’s official Facebook page, the county is maintaining three locations where residents can be tested at no cost regardless of insurance status: North Mount Carmel Park, 307 N. Mt. Carmel Road in Hampton; Red Hawk Park, 143 Henry Parkway in McDonough; and New Hope Christian Ministries, 1738 Fairview Road in Stockbridge.

Hours of operation and links to online testing registration can be found at henrycountyga.gov.

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