Penn State has developed a comprehensive spring 2021 COVID-19 testing strategy for all campuses that includes both required and voluntary testing during the remote learning period and the in-person portion of the spring semester.
Six employees also tested positive, according to the update.
Now that instruction is fully remote for the remainder of the semester, administered tests have fallen sharply. All university-wide random surveillance testing is suspended until January, but on-demand testing
remains available for those who need it.
Still, some testing continued. Penn State completed 1,620 on-demand tests and 95 random tests for students between December 11 and 17, resulting in 57 total positives. More than 400 tests are awaiting results.
The university administered 198 on-demand tests and 39 random tests for employees during that span, resulting in nine total positives.
As you’d expect, Penn State’s Eastview Terrace quarantine and isolation spaces have freed up significantly. Currently, no students are in quarantine or isolation.
Penn State’s added positives brought its all-time student case count to 5,005.
Now that instruction is fully remote for the remainder of the semester, administered tests have fallen sharply. All university-wide random surveillance testing is suspended until January, but on-demand testing
remains available for those who need it.
Still, some testing continued. Penn State completed 405 on-demand tests and two random tests for students between December 11 and 13, resulting in 12 total positives. Five tests remain pending.
A large chunk of Tuesday’s reported positives came from tests that were previously awaiting results. About 200 tests were pending last Friday.
The university administered 71 on-demand tests and one random test for employees during that span, resulting in one total positive.