Hospital announces new test collection hours for public

The hours at the Bristol Hospital coronavirus test collection station, picture here last month, have once again changed, this time to accommodate testing pre-op patients. Tests for the public are still limited to 40 per day. (Photo by D. Fortier)

Posted By: David Fortier May 3, 2020

Beginning Monday, May 4, the hours for the coronavirus test kit collection station at the Bristol Hospital will shift from 8 a.m to 11 a.m. The station will close at 2 p.m., or once 40 kits have been collected, which ever happens first.

The hospital announced the change on its website.

The website also announced that from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. the hospital will be testing exclusively for pre-op patients.

As of May 2, the state has confirmed that Bristol has had 395 cases of Covid-19 with 51 deaths.