(Newton, NJ) The County of Sussex will be closing down the COVID-19 testing center
at Sussex County Community College, effective Friday, June 19, due to a downtrend in testing
since May 22.

“The demand for tests at our County testing center has dropped to a point where we
have to consider the allocation of our already limited resources and staff,” said Sussex County
Freeholder Anthony Fasano, liaison for Sussex County’s Division of Health. “However, our
residents should know that if the demand for COVID-19 testing goes back up, so will our testing
center.”

From Friday, May 8, through Wednesday, June 10, there were 328 tests performed at
the college testing site, with 247 of them negative and nine with positive results. There are 64
test results still pending, with 55 of those tests performed on June 5, June 8 and June 10, with
none of the results to those tests yet available.

Sussex County Administrator Greg Poff said there were 10 tests performed on June 10
and only 11 tests scheduled for June 12. He said county residents can still be tested in the
county at the CVS stores in Sparta and Byram; and as long as it remains open, the test site at
the County College of Morris.

The County hosts an interactive map of test sites available: www.sussex.nj.us/covid19.
The state’s map of test sites is accessible at: https://covid19.nj.gov.
Sussex County residents who would like to schedule a test at the Sussex County
Community College testing center on or before June 19, should visit:

www.sussex.nj.us/covid19 and click on “Drive-Thru Test Center.”

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