COVID-19 Testing
It's important to know how and when to get tested for COVID-19. Testing can give you peace of mind, provide you with information you need to make decisions about your health and help slow the spread of the virus in our community. Getting test is a good idea if you have COVID-19 symptoms or if you've been exposed to someone with the virus.
Home Tests
Home tests, also known as rapid antigen tests, can be bought at a pharmacy or online. FDA-approved home tests are good at detecting active infections when someone has COVID-19 symptoms and are a great and convenient way to find out if you're infected.
Contra Costa Health offers free home test kits for both individual county residents (up to 4 tests) and local partner organizations (in bulk). Click the links below to order your free COVID-19 tests.
For Residents: Order Free COVID-19 Test Kits
For Organizations: Bulk Order COVID-19 Test Kits
Other Places to Get Free Home Tests
- U.S. Government: Order eight free tests from the federal government online or call 1-800-232-0233 (TTY 1-888-720-7489).
- Contra Costa County Library locations
Before you throw out "expired" tests, check the FDA's website to see if your COVID-19 tests' expiration dates have been extended.
Getting Lab Tests in Contra Costa County
COVID-19 tests are available at commercial sites, healthcare providers and county health centers. People with health insurance should go to their healthcare provider or a commercial testing site. People without insurance can walk into the county health centers for COVID-19 services, go to a no-cost testing site or go to a community-based testing site, such as those hosted by La Clinica.
County Health Centers
People without insurance can walk into any county health center for COVID-19 services.
People with CCHP/Medi-Cal/Medicare can schedule through MyChart or by calling 800-495-8885.