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The drive up to the Memorial Hospital COVID-19 drive-thru testing clinic in a tent outside the emergency department is seen Dec. 22. (TERRY LEAVITT PHOTO)

CONWAY — Memorial Hospital is seeing a high number of positive COVID-19 patients coming through its drive-thru testing center. It said demand for testing is also high, with tests scheduled about two days out.

Andrea Murphy, infection prevention nurse coordinator, said the hospital tested 950 people over the past week, with the center closed Christmas and New Year’s Day.

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Andrea Murphy, RN, is the infection prevention nurse coordinator at Memorial Hospital. She says people who are vaccinated need to make individual decisions about wearing masks. (TIM KERSHNER PHOTO)

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