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Last updated October 22
The average number of cases this week has been approximately 27.75 cases per day — a slight increase from last week’s average of 23 cases per day.
With the variety of outside concerns, coupled with academics, many students have started to consider whether the University’s current grading policy — standard letter grades — should change.
In total, 729 cases have been reported to the University since August 17. Of these, 240 are active, meaning that these individuals tested positive within the past 10 days and require isolation on- or off-Grounds.
In a press conference Monday, football Coach Bronco Mendenhall confirmed that no member of the football team tested positive for COVID-19 and that the team has zero active cases.
According to University Provost Liz Magill’s email to Hancock residents, prevalence testing identified 7 of the 16 cases. 115 students live in the building.
The dashboard reports an average of 13 cases per day so far this week.
The level of face mask compliance was 87 percent and then 91 percent following multiple warnings. Despite the bump up in compliance, the library was closed.
Ryan said that the University has already issued interim suspensions to multiple students who have not complied with public health guidelines and warned that the University will be “more vigilant moving forward.”
There is currently one confirmed case of COVID-19 in the residence hall.
On-Grounds students who reside in University housing that test positive for COVID-19 are assigned to an isolation space in dorms, apartments or a local hotel.
In total, there have been 562 cases reported in the University community since Aug. 17, of which 508 have been students.
25 percent of the occupants in Clemons Library yesterday were not wearing masks throughout the afternoon, despite the University's policy mandating all students to wear masks in indoor spaces.
According to a new policy, students are not allowed to record Zoom sessions — for any reason — unless they have been given written permission by the instructor and all participants have been notified that they will be recorded.
Echols and Kellogg are the fourth dorms to undergo mandatory testing in the last 48 hours.
There are currently no known positive cases of COVID-19 in the dormitories, but wastewater testing indicated possible infection, University Spokesperson Brian Coy confirmed.
Of the 430 COVID-19 cases in the University community, 382 are students.
It is this type of mutual support and flexibility that students and faculty alike hope carries forward as online classes continue.
Last year, University personnel established the high-performance computing system Virginia Assuring Controls Compliance of Research Data to aid institutions across the Commonwealth with their research efforts. The grant, funded by the National Science Foundation, was recently expanded to ACCORD-COVID, which serves institutions around the nation.
U.Va. has received $12.6 million for COVID-related financial needs from the U.S. Department of Education’s CARES Act — the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Per the CARES Act, at least half of the funds must be provided as Emergency Financial Aid Grants for students.
The goal of the wastewater program is to detect early and asymptomatic coronavirus cases, as research has shown that the genetic material of SARS-CoV-2 is shed in the stool of infected individuals and can be detected prior to the appearance of clinical symptoms.
