COVID-19 Testing In Buffalo Grove Area: Where To Find A Test

BUFFALO GROVE, IL — With holiday gatherings and the emerging omicron surge of coronavirus combining to send demand for tests skyrocketing past supplies, an increasing number of North Shore residents have been seeking COVID-19 testing but have found it unavailable or difficult to obtain.

COVID-19 test positivity in Lake County rose to 5.7 percent, with nearly 60,000 tests performed in the county, during the week ending Dec. 18, the most recent data available from the Illinois Department of Public Health.

According to the Lake County Health Department, there were 490 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Dec. 20, the most recent day where data is available. That's the highest number of infections since November 2020. At least 17 people had died from COVID-19 so far, and the rolling average number of daily deaths in the county stood at zero on Dec. 22, the most recent day where data is available.

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Locations offering COVID-19 testing in the north suburbs include:

• IDPH Waukegan Drive-Thru, 102 W. Water St. (Six days a weeks starting Jan. 3. Hotline: 800-889-3931)
• Affordable Labs, 850 N. Milwaukee Ave., Suite 208, Vernon Hills (Hotline: 847-367-8636)
• Amita Health St. Francis Hospital, 355 Ridge Ave., Evanston (Requires prescription from primary care doctor)
• AHS Family Health Center, 8800 Lockwood Ave., Skokie (Hotline: 800-597-5078)
• CVS, 20 E Dundee Road, Buffalo Grove
• CVS, 101 Asbury St., Evanston
• CVS, 2000 Skokie Valley Road, Highland Park
• CVS, 2075 S Lake St., Mundelein
• CVS, 936 Willow Road, Northbrook
• CVS, 3780 Willow Road, Northbrook
• CVS, 200 W Northwest Highway, Palatine
• CVS, 2045 Plum Grove Road, Rolling Meadows
• CVS, 3434 Dempster St., Skokie
• CVS, 3001 W. Washington St., Waukegan
• CVS, 1515 Sheridan Road, Wilmette
• CVS, 4580 Route 173, Zion
• Elterman Center, 4959 Golf Road, Skokie
• Epic Urgent and Family Care, 770 E Dundee Road, Palatine
• Erie Evanston/Skokie Health Center, 1285 Hartrey Ave., Evanston (Must be Erie patient, appointment required, Hotline: 312-666-3494)
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• Greater Elgin Family Care Center – Creekside Health Center, 300 McHenry Road, Wheeling (Hotline: 847-608-1344)
• JD Exam, 3941 Oakton St., Skokie (Hotlines: 847-410-7385, 773-807-0763)
• Lake County Health Department/Community Health Center, 2215 14th Street, North Chicago (Hotline: 847-377-8800)
• Lake Forest Hospital, 1000 North Westmoreland Road (Testing requires an order from a Northwestern Medicine doctor, Hotline: 312-47-COVID)
• Lurie Children's, 1131 Techny Road, Northbrook (Testing children by appointment only, Hotline: 312-227-5300)
• NorthShore Immediate Care, 9977 Woods Drive, Skokie (Tests provided based on determination by NorthShore provider)
• Northshore Immediate Care - Lake Bluff, 71 Waukegan Road, Lake Bluff (Tests provided based on determination of need.)
• Prism Health Lab, 5300 W. Touhy Ave., Skokie (Hotline: 800-325-1812)
• Raden Wellness, 200 Green Bay Road, 2nd Floor, Highwood (Hotline: 847-235-2139)
• Rocket Testing Prospect Heights, 1241 E Rand Rd, Prospect Heights (Hotline: (800) 983‑2233)
• Rocket Testing Skokie, 9933 Lawler Ave., Skokie (Hotline: 800-983-2233)
• Rocket Testing Vernon Hills, 122 Hawthorn Center, Vernon Hills (Hotline: 800-983-2233)
• Rosalind Franklin University Health Clinics, 3471 Green Bay Road, North Chicago
• Vista Health System, 1324 N. Sheridan Road, Waukegan (Requires ER visit)
• Yorktown Clinical Lab Drive Thru, 2054 S Lake St, Mundelein

Find more testing locations from the Pritzker administration's coronavirus response website.