Seven 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 879 on-demand tests and 193 random tests for students between December 4 and December 10, resulting in 44 total positives. Nearly 200 tests remain pending.
The university administered 214 on-demand tests and 50 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, while four are in isolation.