The retail pharmacy chain will have a total of 71 testing sites in 12 states with capacity to conduct a total of 10,000 tests daily.
All testing sites are using self-swab nasal tests that are overseen by Rite Aid pharmacists.
Most of the sites will operate through store drive thru-windows starting, the company said.
Rite Aid also is expanding its testing criteria to include asymptomatic adults.
Read the full news release here.
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