It's quiet now, closed except for weekends as COVID-19 tests are carried out at a GP-led clinic across the road outside the Bloomfield Medical Centre.

But this room, the initial heart of coronavirus pandemic testing in Orange, is ready to swing back into action if the feared second wave of the virus spreads to the Central West.

The latest figures show 1865 people have been tested in Orange, 292 in Cabonne, 271 in Blayney, 1856 in Bathurst and 1947 in Dubbo.

Western NSW Local Health Department executive director of operations Mark Spittal says health staff are ready for any re-emergence of the virus which has already killed one person in the region.

"We've got a slightly different arrangement now because the pressure has come off," he said.

"We're re-directing people there [Bloomfield Medical Centre] today.

"Prior to that virtually all the testing that was happening was through this facility."

Mr Spittal said there was no room for complacency among the public.

"The thing about COVID-19 is it is a really vicious virus in the sense of it is so easily transmissable," he said.

"We are in a constant state of readiness to switch our response back on and that's right through our hospitals.

"We review that everyday, my phone and a number of other phones throughout the district are constantly on and we can switch these things back on with a drop of a hat."

He said the health service was much better prepared for a second wave of the virus.

"Absolutely we are better prepared right throughout the organisation, no question about that, much better prepared than we were way back in March.

"[It's] not a long time ago, but it is a world ago in terms of all the preparatory work that has been done."

Mr Spittal called on the public to follow social distancing rules.

"People need to take care of themselves. The virus is only able to transmit because we as human beings present ourselves as hosts to that virus," he said.

"If we socially distance, if we restrict our movements to what we absolutely have to do, if we wash our hands regularly, those are the single most important things any of us can do in order to reduce the risk of exposure."

However, he said some people were not following the guidelines.

"Right across this district I have seen a number of examples of people are being pretty casual."