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Thousands of Edmontonians continue to book appointments for COVID-19 testing
expanded the south side assessment centre, located at 7319 28 Avenue, on June 12 to meet demand, particularly for asymptomatic testing; the number of swabbing stations were doubled to 30, allowing staff to be able to increase swabbing from 1,500 a day to 3,000 a day.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The site lead previously told Global News that AHS would monitor demand and adjust capacity at the centre as needed.However, spokesperson Kerry Williamson said there are no plans to adjust the number of swabbing stations at the assessment centre.There were 1,358 appointments booked on June 5, 3,417 appointments booked on June 8 and 4,212 appointments booked between June 23 and 24, according to data