COVID-19 dashboard update: Active cases drop to 34
By Emma Dooling | April 24, 2021There are now 34 active COVID-19 cases at USC, according to an update to the university's COVID-19 dashboard Friday.
There are now 34 active COVID-19 cases at USC, according to an update to the university's COVID-19 dashboard Friday.
The university has updated it's online COVID-19 dashboard.
An update of the university's COVID-19 dashboard reported 111 active COVID-19 cases at USC.
The university updated its COVID-19 dashboard to report a decrease in active cases to 105.
The number of active COVID-19 cases at USC has risen to 119 from the 98 active cases reported on Tuesday.
Since the University of South Carolina has implemented mandatory monthly testing, campus has become a safer environment than in the fall, according to Rebecca Caldwell, the director of Strategic Health Initiatives. Each of the four testing groups has had a roughly 90% compliance rate for mandatory testing.
The university has updated its online COVID-19 dashboard with new numbers.
The number of active COVID-19 cases at USC has risen from 112 to 178, according to an update of the university’s COVID-19 dashboard Friday.
The total number of active COVID-19 cases has fallen from 181 to 112. Additionally, the percent positive rate of the tests administered and the occupation rate of the quarantine dorms are down from the last reporting period.
The reported total of active COVID-19 cases rises to 303 as the first week of classes begins, according to the university's COVID-19 dashboard.
The university resumed its COVID-19 dashboard updates on Tuesday, reporting a total of eight active cases from Jan. 1 through Jan. 4.
With a significant number of the students contracting the coronavirus since Aug. 1, there is some level of immunity built up on campus, but health experts say striving for herd immunity would be irresponsible from a public health perspective.
The university announced its plans Monday for mandatory return COVID-19 testing before the Spring 2021 semester and monthly testing throughout.
Caslen discussed his Halloween visit to Five Points and a plan for mandatory COVID-19 testing for spring 2021 at Friday's Graduate Student Association meeting.
The COVID-19 dashboard has been updated by the university with new numbers.
There are 97 active cases of COVID-19 at USC according to Friday's dashboard update, the largest number since mid-September.
Friday's COVID-19 dashboard update saw cases remain in the 50s, with small upticks in percent positive test rate, quarantine units occupied and other statistics.
