Free At-Home COVID-19 Test Kits Available In Avon, Lorain County

AVON, OH — Free COVID-19 testing kits will be available at the Avon Library and at 14 other sites throughout Lorain County.

The at-home antigen test kids are for people who are currently sick with mild or moderate COVID-19 symptoms and for asymptomatic people who were recently exposed to the virus. Lorain County Public Health (LCPH) is partnering with a variety of organizations to make the testing kits available widely.

“Antigen test kits are best used as screening tools,” said Dave Covell, health commissioner at LCPH. “It is recommended that you ask a healthcare provider for a confirmatory PCR test if you get a positive home test kit result.”

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Supplies are limited. To get a kit, health officials said, you must:

• Have mild or moderate COVID-19 symptoms;
• Have not tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 90 days;
• Live or work in Lorain County;
• Have access to the internet;
• Have either a smartphone or tablet with a camera or a computer with a webcam; and
• If under the age of eighteen, you must have an adult administer the test.

If your kit returns a positive test, you should schedule a PCR test to confirm your result, stay home in the interim, and wear a mask, wash your hands frequently and stay 6 feet away from other people.

Here are all 15 sites in Lorain County where the kits will be distributed:

• Avon Branch, 37485 Harvest Dr. in Avon, 440-934-4743
• Columbia Branch, 13824 West River Rd. North in Columbia Station, 440-236-8751
• Domonkas Branch, 4125 East Lake Rd. in Sheffield Lake, 440-949-7410
• El Centro de Servicios Sociales, Inc., 2800 Pearl Ave. in Lorain, 440-277-8235
• (After Oct. 4) Elyria Branch Central after 10/4/21, 211 Second St. in Elyria, 440-323-5747
• Grafton-Midview Branch, 983 Main St. in Grafton, 440-926-3317
• Herrick Memorial Library, 101 Willard Memorial Square in Wellington, 440-647-2120
• (After Oct. 4) Keystone-LaGrange Branch, 133 E. Commerce Dr. in LaGrange, 440-322-0119
• Lorain County Urban League, 200 Middle Ave Suite 200 in Elyria, 440-323-3364
• Lorain Main Library, 351 West Sixth St in Lorain, 440-244-1192
• North Ridgeville Branch, 35700 Bainbridge Rd in North Ridgeville, 440-327-8326
• Oberlin Public Library, 65 South Main St. in Oberlin, 440-775-4790
• South Lorain Branch, 2121 Homewood Dr. in Lorain, 440-277-5672
• (After Oct. 4) South Elyria Branch, 340 15th St. in Elyria, 440-323-7519
• (After Oct. 4) West River Branch, 1194 West River Rd North in Elyria, 440-324-2270