Lynchburg-area colleges and universities Wednesday reported a total of 42 active COVID-19 cases among students and staffers, a slight increase from the 35 cases reported a week earlier.
Liberty University, the largest institution of higher learning in the region with about 15,000 students, reported a total of 24 active cases, up from the 22 cases reported last week.
According to Libertyâs COVID-19 dashboard, at least 22 students and two employees currently are sick with COVID-19. Last week, 19 students and three employees were ill.
The University of Lynchburg and Randolph College, meanwhile, also registered slight increases this week, reporting 13 and three active cases respectively. For the second week in a row, Sweet Briar College and Central Virginia Community College each reported one active case.
Lynchburg-area colleges and universities Wednesday reported a total of 35 active COVID-19 cases among students and staffers, continuing a nearly monthlong downward trend in total cases.
Liberty University, the largest institution of higher learning in the region with about 15,000 students, reported a total of 22 active cases, marking the fourth week in a row that cases have fallen at the university.
At least 19 Liberty students and three employees are currently sick with COVID-19, according to the universityâs COVID-19 dashboard. Last week, 33 students and six employees were ill. Liberty defines an active case as an infection reported in the last 10 days.
The number of new daily COVID-19 cases in the region has been on the decline since cases peaked in the middle of January. The Central Virginia Health District, which includes Lynchburg and the bordering counties, has reported 307 new cases in the past seven days, down from the 639 cases reported a week earlier.
Lynchburg-area colleges and universities Wednesday reported a total of 47 active COVID-19 cases among students and staffers â the lowest case total since students began returning to local campuses in mid-January.
For the second week in a row, Liberty University reported 39 total cases, according to weekly updates from the universityâs COVID-19 dashboard.
At least 33 Liberty students and 6 employees currently are sick with COVID-19. Last week, the university reported 29 student and 10 employee cases. Liberty defines an active case as an infection reported in the last 10 days.
Liberty, which with 15,000 students is the largest local college or university, began holding in-person classes in late January after students spent the first week of the semester taking online classes to help limit the spread of the virus. The approach was aimed at minimizing a spike in cases in the first weeks of the semester as students from across the country returned to campus.