Published on February 3, 2021 at 12:40 am
Over 330 students, staff and faculty from the UT community tested positive for COVID-19 in the first two weeks of the spring semester, according to UT’s COVID-19 dashboard.
UT’s Proactive Community Testing positivity rate for students is at 2.85% as of Feb. 1, the highest it s been during a semester since Sept. 18, when the positivity rate was about 3%, according to the COVID-19 dashboard. So far, about 100 fewer members of the UT community have tested positive for COVID-19 in the first two weeks of school this spring when compared to last fall.
This semester, dorm residents were required to get a COVID-19 test within four days of moving in. Jessica Klima, the new director of the Proactive Community Testing Program, said dorm residents made up about 22% of tests done from Jan. 11-29.