September 12, 2021 University of Arizona COVID-19 Update

 

Headlines

• We were pleased to see an increase in the number of students testing this week.  

• Our positivity rate saw a slight uptick to 2.0% over the past 10 days. 

• As of 9/11, document uploads from fully vaccinated students and employees were: 30,255.  We believe the actual vaccination numbers are higher because uploading vaccination proof is optional. 

• We currently have students in the covid isolation dorm, but plenty of capacity should it be needed.  

 

Cases and Testing (from UA dashboard) https://covid19.arizona.edu/dashboard

• Over the past 10 days – 158 new cases out of 7,743 tests, 2.0% positivity rate.

• Of the 7,743 tests administered in the past 10 days, 3,086 have been to off-campus students with a 3.2% positivity rate.

• On-campus students had a positivity rate 1.6%.

• Employees – 15 positive employees over the past 10 days, out of 1,888 tests.  

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 Rt Values

The Rt in the 85719 zip code is 1.38.  Pima County’s Rt is .94, and Arizona’s is .92 as of 9/2.   

Note that because recent data are less reliable because test and case data are still be validated, we are currently reporting values using a 5 business day lag.  

 

And finally, the big picture of covid activity in our community, from Pima County’s dashboard: