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Coronavirus testing has picked up at Pennsylvania&rsquo;s drive-through site at the Mohegan Sun Arena parking lot in Wilkes-Barre Township, state Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said in her online briefing Wednesday.
				&ldquo;We&rsquo;re very pleased about that,&rdquo; Levine said, noting the higher counts in recent days are closer to what the state had expected.
				She had issued a call Monday for more area residents with coronavirus symptoms to take advantage of the site. It is equipped to test up to 200 per day, but only 64 had completed testing on Monday.
				On Tuesday, the number of residents tested increased to 149. Another 126 were tested Wednesday, according to a daily evening state health department report.
				With these additions, the total count of those tested is 895 since the site&rsquo;s opening on April 20, it said.
				While the site initially provided testing only for those over 65 and health care workers and first responders, it is now open to any symptomatic Northeastern Pennsylvania residents or workers.
				Levine was asked during Wednesday&rsquo;s briefing if the site&rsquo;s location will cause the Northeast region&rsquo;s case counts to be off because many in other counties are unwilling or unable to drive an hour or more to access it.
				She responded that there will be challenges for some driving and getting to mass testing sites no matter where they are located.
				&ldquo;Our team and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency&rsquo;s team thought very hard about that and decided that this was the best place to put the site,&rdquo; Levine said.
				Registration for testing at the arena site is required one day in advance, and the state added an option to register by phone (1-877-PA-HEALTH) for those unable to sign up at <a href="https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Symptoms-Testing.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">health.pa.gov</a>. Levine has promoted the site&rsquo;s easy access off Interstate 81.

Coronavirus testing counts at Wilkes-Barre Township picking up, state says