COVID-19 Testing

Eastern Plumas Health Care

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 from USPS

Residential households in the U.S. can order one set of 4 free at-home tests from USPS.com. Here’s what you need to know about your order:

  • Limit of one order per residential address
  • One order includes 4 individual rapid antigen COVID-19 tests
  • Orders will ship free starting in late January

Fill in this form with your contact and shipping information to order your tests.

https://special.usps.com/testkits

Free at home COVID-19 test kits available in Plumas County

FREE Test Kits Covid-19 (8.5 x 11 in) 1.20.22

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. 

 

  1. What should I do if I get sick or someone in my house gets sick?
  2. What should I do if I have had close contact with someone who has COVID-19?
  3. What is the difference between symptomatic and asymptomatic testing?
  4. What do contact tracing and close contact mean?
  5. What increases your risk of infection?
  6. I recently traveled outside of Plumas County or someone outside of the county came to visit me and later tested positive for COVID-19. What should I do?
  7. Is there a cost to get tested?
  8. Can someone test negative and later test positive on a viral test for COVID-19?
  9. How can I get tested for a past infection (antibody test) and what does my test mean?

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.

CA Notify

 https://canotify.ca.gov/

View the information in English here. 

View the information in Spanish here: