As COVID-19 moves to an endemic stage, the University has shifted its testing regimen from conducting routine surveillance testing to concentrating on providing same-day testing for students who have symptoms of COVID-19 and\/or those who have been exposed to a case and identified as a close contact. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Given this, the COVID-19 tracker is no longer an accurate representation of the virus in our community and has been retired in favor of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 Community Risk Levels.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With current high levels of vaccination and high levels of population immunity from both vaccination and infections, the risk of medically significant disease, hospitalization, and death from COVID-19 is greatly reduced for most people. At the same time, we know that some people and communities, such as our older adults, people who are immunocompromised, and people with severe and\/or multiple health conditions, are at higher risk for serious illness and face challenging decisions navigating a world with COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The CDC has developed COVID-19 Community Risk Levels to help communities and individuals make decisions based on their local context and their unique needs. These levels take into account a combination of three metrics \u2014 new COVID-19 hospital admissions per 100,000 population in the past 7 days, the percent of staffed inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 patients, and total new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population in the past 7 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Find the COVID-19 Community Risk Level for your county below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n