500 1st Avenue, Portola, CA 96122 Please call 530-832-6600 to schedule an appointment for testing.
Plumas District Hospital
1065 Bucks Lake Road, Quincy, CA 95971 Please call (530) 283-2121 to schedule an appointment for testing
Seneca Healthcare District
130 Brentwood Drive, Chester, CA 96020 Please call 530-258-2826 to schedule an appointment for testing. As of 1/12/22, Seneca Healthcare District has temporarily suspended asymptomatic/ travel purposes testing due to supply shortage.
I tested positive or have had an exposure to COVID-19. Now what?
Click here for a generic check-list for anyone who test positive for COVID-19.
Click here for Plumas County Guidance for anyone who test positive for COVID-19.
Click here for CDPH's Guidance for Local Health Jurisdictions on Isolation and Quarantine of the General Public.
Click here for CDPH's Self-Isolation Instructions for Individuals Who Have or Likely Have COVID-19.
Click here for CDPH's Self-Quarantine Instructions for Individuals Exposed to COVID-19 (Close contact or exposure).
At Home COVID Testing Kits (Antigen Tests)
Free at home COVID-19 test kits available in Plumas County
Free In Home Testing Kits are now available click here for PDF.
There is no documentation of results for At Home testing kits (certain brands have a QR code to register the test), so if need documentation of a test result then should contact local hospital to be tested.
If a Close Contact of a positive individual, CDC states you should test five days after last contact (exposure) or as soon as you have symptoms.
A close contact is someone who was within 6 feet of a person with COVID-19 for at least 15 minutes over a 24-hour period starting from 2 days before symptoms appeared (or, for patients who do not have symptoms, 2 days prior to their test) until the time the patient is isolated.
Plumas County Public Health Agency does not conduct COVID-19 testing at our clinics or facilities; or direct testing at Health Care Facilities operating in Plumas County. Rather, Public Health collaborates with Health Care Organizations throughout the County to ensure adequate testing is available. The Plumas County Health Officer provides recommendations to the Health Care Organizations regarding testing at their facilities throughout Plumas County. If an individual is identified as a close contact of someone diagnosed with COVID-19 during a case investigation, Public Health works with the Health Care Organizations in the County to prioritize testing.