They just updated our University stats through Tuesday (school has 35k students if they were all here, 6k staff). 97 new cases that one day (bringing the total active cases to 189). The positive rate for students from 8/21 to 8/25 was 8.8% (1,754 tested) and 0% for employees (181 tested). 12.6% of the on campus quarantine space is currently in use.
COVID-19 Dashboard - Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) | University of South Carolina
Article in the local paper quotes the university president as saying:
In a town hall with students and parents, university president Bob Caslen said that given the rate of positive tests the school observed in students who stayed on campus over the summer, these latest figures were “predicted.”
“We recognize it is also serious, but it is in line with what he had predicted and what he had planned for. And quite frankly at 189 (active cases), we’re very fortunate that we’re not seeing numbers that some of our other peer universities and campuses are seeing,” Caslen said.
He warned, however, that off-campus parties were still an issue — USC officials were called and helped break up four parties at the Granby Mills apartment complex this weekend, Caslen said.
“If you are found in an investigation to have hosted a party, you will be suspended. And if you are found in an investigation to have broken isolation or quarantine, you will be suspended. And we’re very serious about that, and based on due process, if that’s the situation, we will take that appropriate action,” Caslen warned.
https://www.thestate.com/article245278745.html (possible pay wall).
amp.theguardian.com
