The University of Georgia reported 51 COVID-19 cases over the week of Feb. 22-28, a decrease from the 68 cases a week before. Since the start of 2021, the university has reported 1,300 positive cases. Since the start of the pandemic, UGA has reported 6,604 positive cases.
Of the 51 cases reported this week, 19 were from UGA’s surveillance testing program for volunteers without symptoms; 5 were from the University Health Center’s testing program primarily for students with symptoms; 6 were from Athens testing sites and the remaining 21 were from the “other” category, which includes positive tests both inside and outside of Athens. In total, 43 students and 8 employees tested positive.
The university conducted 1,929 surveillance tests during the week of Feb. 22-28, the second-lowest amount this semester, up from its 1,890 tests from the week before. The positivity rate from surveillance testing was 0.98%, down from 1.06% the previous week.
The COVID-19 positive cases and positivity rates have both been decreasing steadily since the spike of the week of Jan. 4 at UGA according to its released data reports.
There is still a chance of an uptrend in COVID-19 cases, as different mutations of the coronavirus are found in Georgia. The Red & Black will continue to monitor all COVID-19 related information reported by UGA.
The University Health Center released a video last week showing Dr. Garth Russo, the UHC’s executive director, walking through UGA’s campus vaccination site.
President Joe Biden has stated that COVID-19 will get worse before getting better, even with vaccines being distributed. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, endorsed double masking amid the more contagious coronavirus mutations found in the U.S, which have been found to be 30-70% more transmissible to others than the initial strain. Double-masking has shown to block over 92% of potential infectious particles from spreading to others, according to a study done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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