COVID-19 cases jump by 18 in one day; University says numbers were ‘direct result’ of expanded surveillance testing Home » News » COVID-19 cases jump by 18 in one day; University says numbers were ‘direct result’ of expanded surveillance testing Posted By Nicholas Kerr on Feb 19, 2021 Coronavirus cases continued to surge on Seton Hall’s campuses Thursday, doubling from Wednesday and hitting a semester-high of 18 newly reported cases in one day. University spokesperson Laurie Pine confirmed in a statement that the new cases were a “direct result of the University’s expanded COVID-19 surveillance testing” and noted that the spike was “not unexpected.” Additionally, Pine noted that all of the cases appeared to be unrelated and were not a result of any of the University’s contact tracing efforts.