Arizona State continues to see decrease in active coronavirus cases
Sep 17, 2020, 8:33 PM | Updated: 9:21 pm
(Facebook Photo/ASU Biodesign Institute)
(Facebook Photo/ASU Biodesign Institute)
PHOENIX – Arizona State University continues to see a decrease in active coronavirus cases, according to a Thursday update.
The university reported 355 active coronavirus infections among students and 5 active cases among faculty. In the update provided Monday, the school had 478 active coronavirus cases among students and 8 active infections among faculty members.
Of the cases, 88 are in isolation on the Tempe campus where 9,426 students live, according to the university.
There are an additional 259 positive cases in isolation off campus in the metro Phoenix area. All remaining cases are in isolation on either the downtown Phoenix, west or polytechnic campuses.
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ASU reported 112 new coronavirus cases among students and faculty, bringing the school’s total number of positive infections since the start of August to 1,610.
The university has collected approximately 57,629 coronavirus tests since Aug. 1, resulting in a 2.8% positivity rate among those tested.
In a twice-weekly update, ASU releases the cumulative number of positive cases reported among students and staff as well as the “cleared positives,” instead of solely reporting active cases.
At the University of Arizona, coronavirus cases have steadily risen after the school advised students to shelter-in-place if they live on-campus or around the Tucson area until Sept. 29.
According to the school’s dashboard, UArizona reported 123 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, bringing the total to 1,951 infections. The university reported a slight dip in the seven-day average for cases to 177 from 181.
On Thursday, the Arizona Department of Health Services reported 1,753 new coronavirus cases and 38 additional deaths on Thursday morning, bringing the state’s documented totals to 211,660 COVID-19 infections and 5,409 deaths. Thursday’s case report, which was higher than in recent days, included results from recent months of a newly authorized type of diagnostic test.
