Hundreds line up at Oviedo test site

More check for infection as cases rise in area near UCF

In a line that stretched more than a mile, hundreds of people waited in their cars on Wednesday to get tested for the coronavirus outside an Oviedo elementary school, an area near the University of Central Florida campus that officials started calling a “hot spot” after a sudden rise in infection rates among young adults.

By 1 p.m., three hours after the testing began in the parking lot at Carillon Elementary, county health officials closed the site because they ran out of a supply of 500 test kits. It was by far the greatest number of people that Seminole officials have seen turn out to a test site since the pandemic began in early March. The county plans to conduct more testing at Carillon on Tuesday, June 23.

“We’ve never seen demand like this, nor have we tested as many as we have today [at a single site],” said Ashley Moore, a county spokeswoman.

In Orlando, Mayor Buddy Dyer said testing has been “robust” at sites there also.

This comes as Central Florida has seen a sharp rise in new virus cases since June 5 when bars reopened along with more restaurants and retail stores. Orange has set single-day records for new cases on six of the past seven days.

In Seminole, officials reported 100 cases since June 8 — 92 of which were people between the ages of 18 and 30 — in the 32765 ZIP code that includes most of Oviedo and