The Baker administration said Monday it would open a seventeenth free testing site in Framingham as part of its “Stop the Spread” campaign to make testing more readily available to people with or without COVID-19 symptoms in communities with concerning infection trends.
The “Stop the Spread” initiative began in eight communities, and last week was expanded to eight more.
The communities targeted for free sites were chosen based on the fact that the number of cases and positive test rates there exceed the state average, and the volume of testing had dropped over the past two months.
Framingham’s 14-day average positive test rate increased from 1.82 percent on July 8 to 3.09 percent on July 29, according to the administration.
The new testing site will be located at the Joseph P. Keefe Technical High School in Framingham.
The state’s positive test rate has also climbed, but sits at 2 percent.
The other cities and towns with free testing sites include Agawam, Brockton, Chelsea, Everett, Fall River, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, Marlborough, Methuen, New Bedford, Randolph, Revere, Springfield, Taunton, and Worcester. People do not have to be residents of those communities to get a test.
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