Ohio’s Public Libraries Distribute Millions of Covid Testing Kits
Cleveland Public Library staff brave the elements to distribute testing kits to the community.
UPDATE: February 25, 2022 — Ohio’s public libraries have distributed more than 2.5 million testing kits at 430 library locations around the state.
January 12, 2022 — Fueled by the pervasiveness of the delta and omicron variants, Ohio’s public libraries have seen a dramatic surge in the number of people requesting rapid, at-home COVID testing kits.
Since this partnership with the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) began in March 2021, Ohio’s public libraries have distributed more than 2.24 million tests (338,694 tests were distributed between March-September 2021). In December 2021 alone, 201 of Ohio’s 251 public library systems distributed more than 645,000 tests.
Please note: libraries are not the only place in Ohio to obtain a test.
Ohioans can also order tests from the federal government through USPS.com. USPS will send one set of 4 tests to valid U.S. residential addresses. Tests can be ordered online or by phone at 1-800-232-0233.
COVID-19 testing sites throughout Ohio
Interactive map — search by county or zip code and type of test (pop-up testing site, rapid at-home test, etc.).
Athens librarians unload a shipment of 1,700 at-home Covid tests from the Ohio Department of Health. The library distributed all of these tests to patrons in one day.
Patrons pick up testing kits in the parking lot at Tipp City Public Library.
A staff member at the Cuyahoga County Public Library gets ready to hand out testing kits at the drive-through window.
Marysville Public Library prepares testing kits for distribution.
