UF reports four positive cases for the first week of June
By Alexandra Harris | June 9After achieving a 0% positivity rate during the last week of May, UF maintained between a 0% and 1% seven-day positivity rate average from June 1 to 7.
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UF Health estimates three quarters of UF students have been vaccinated, county approaches 50% of population vaccinated
By Juliana Ferrie and Alexandra Harris | May 17Experts at UF Health estimate between 70% and 80% of UF students have been vaccinated. At least 70% of the population needs to be immune to reach herd immunity, but other factors, such as variants and how people interact, can affect this level.
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COVID-19 Update: UF testing rates decrease as students leave campus for the Summer
By Alexandra Harris | May 12As of Tuesday, 116 UF students and 39 UF employees are currently in isolation or quarantined.
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More than 130 Alachua County Public School students and staff in quarantine
By Abigail Hasebroock | May 12As of Tuesday night, there are eight students and three staff members who reported a positive test result to ACPS in the past 10 days.
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COVID-19 Update: On-campus testing still at 1% positivity rate
By Manny Rea | Apr. 21From April 12 to Tuesday, nine UF employees and 70 students have tested positive for the virus — about half the number of employees and the same number of students who tested positive last week.
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More than 160 Alachua County Public School students and staff in quarantine
By Lucille Lannigan | Apr. 21As of Tuesday afternoon, there are 16 active student cases and two active staff cases, representing students and staff who reported a positive test result to ACPS in the past 10 days. The district’s total enrollment is 26,679.
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A year later, a shroud of uncertainty still surrounds UF’s COVID-19 numbers
By Kevin Maher | Apr. 19The Alligator spent two months analyzing and comparing state, county and university data. It found that the number of cases and tests reported by UF don’t match the cases in state reports. After talking to representatives and officials across the state, some pointed to different reporting methods and all directed to different agencies for explanations of how they report their numbers. Meanwhile, epidemiologists provided possible explanations for patterns and vagueness in university and state data.
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COVID-19 Update: UF quarantine numbers on- and off-campus drop steadily over week
By Manny Rea | Apr. 14A week after UF began vaccinating students, faculty and staff ages 16 and older, the university’s COVID-19 isolation numbers steadily decreased. Daily COVID-19 tests have also remained at a seven-day average positivity rate of 1% since March 12.
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More than 140 Alachua County Public School students and staff in quarantine
By Jiselle Lee | Apr. 14As of Tuesday night, there were nine active student cases and five active staff cases, representing students and staff who have reported a positive test result to ACPS in the past 10 days. The district’s total enrollment is 26,660 students.
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UF holds mass COVID-19 vaccination effort for campus community at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
By Manny Rea | Apr. 7The same day Florida opened vaccine eligibility to people ages 16 and up, UF opened its landmark stadium to students, staff and faculty to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
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COVID-19 Update: UF campus’ positivity rate steady at 1% as affiliates get vaccinated
By Manny Rea | Apr. 7Since March 29, 15 UF employees and 126 students have tested positive for the virus at on-campus locations. In the seven days before that, 12 employees and 176 students tested positive.
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More than 60 Alachua County Public School students and staff in quarantine
By Lucille Lannigan | Apr. 7As of Tuesday afternoon, there are seven active student cases and five active staff cases, representing students and staff who reported a positive test result to ACPS in the past 10 days. The district’s total enrollment is 26,664.
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UF quarantine dorms keep a low capacity through the Spring semester
By Manny Rea | Apr. 5As more students moved onto campus and registered for face-to-face classes, the university moved all of East Hall's residents out during the Fall to create an additional quarantine facility. However, the dorms have been used sparsely since January — East Hall hasn’t housed a single student this semester.
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COVID-19 Update: UF cases constant at 1% positivity rate as vaccines open to affiliates on campus
By Manny Rea | Mar. 31Since March 22, 12 UF employees and 176 students have tested positive for the virus at on-campus locations. The week before, nine employees and 109 students tested positive.
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COVID-19 Update: Weekly trends stay the same as the Spring semester nears it final month
By Manny Rea | Mar. 24Since March 15, nine UF employees and 109 students have tested positive for the virus at on-campus locations. Total positive tests amount to 9,270 since March 18, 2020 as of Monday.
