MADISON — The Wisconsin National Guard is about to reach a milestone in the state's battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Specimen collection teams will break the one million mark this week for COVID-19 tests collected since April 2020.
Teams have collected a cumulative total of nearly 996,000 specimens at community-based testing sites and institutional-based testing missions. The Wisconsin National Guard’s collection activities support the Wisconsin Department of Health Service’s efforts to expand COVID-19 testing throughout the entire state.
Most community-based testing sites across the state are conducted on a regularly scheduled basis. All visitors seeking a test at these sites are urged to contact their local health department for more information about a particular testing day.
Those seeking a test at a Wisconsin National Guard community-based specimen collection site are urged to register online in advance using the Dynamics Testing and Registration Application (DTRA) program, which is also known as COVID Connect.
After collecting the specimens at each site, the test kits are sent to a lab for analysis, and individual citizens receive their results via an email or a phone call within three-to-seven days following the test.
Additional information on testing sites is available at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services website.
