DETROIT – Detroit’s first drive-up COVID-19 testing site opened Friday afternoon at the State Fairgrounds. She’s had a low-grade fever for more than a week, she’s had a scratchy throat and she’s been coughing. “Just to be able to know.”The way it works, any resident of Wayne, Oakland or Macomb counties can come to this site for testing. “Anyone who is scheduled through the call center, with a physician’s prescription can come here,” Hakim Berry, chief operating officer for the city of Detroit, said. The site is made possible through a coalition including Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health System, Trinity Health Systems, City of Detroit, Macomb County, Oakland County and Wayne County.

DETROIT – The city of Detroit opened its first drive-up coronavirus (COVID-19) testing site at the state fairgrounds Friday with the plan to test 100 people and gradually ramp up from there. Cars went in and out of the testing site after it officially opened Friday afternoon. Any resident of Wayne, Oakland or Macomb counties can go to the site for testing. LATEST: Detroit police Chief James Craig tests positive for coronavirus, hundreds of DPD officers quarantinedEither the doctor or the patient can call 313-230-0505 to schedule the drive-up appointment. But Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said the plan went so smoothly Friday that they are prepared for their max, starting Saturday.