The College’s COVID-19 tracker will proceed to be up to date, though the College has phased out its saliva testing program as a result of an absence of demand, per College spokesperson Brian Coy.
“We don’t count on this modification to have an effect on the reliability of the tracker,” Coy mentioned. “It has been, and can proceed to be a composite of several types of assessments administered by the College.”
The College ended the saliva testing program supplied to college students, school and employees March 24, citing decreased demand for testing. Within the final week of testing, the testing heart was averaging 135 assessments per day, Coy mentioned. As an alternative, the College will supply a restricted provide of no-cost fast assessments to asymptomatic college students, school and employees within the Tutorial Division on the Pupil Well being and Wellness pharmacy and the U.Va. Bookstore pharmacy.
The weekly common of COVID-19 circumstances per day for each college students and school stays low, with a median of seven.57 circumstances per day reported Monday and a median of 5.29 circumstances reported Thursday. At the moment, a complete of 31 people are hospitalized for COVID-19 at U.Va. Well being.
On Jan. 11 — the peak of the wave of circumstances brought on by the omicron variant — the seven-day common was 74.43 new circumstances per day. The seven-day case common has fallen 92.9 p.c since that prime.
There are 66 lively circumstances of COVID-19 inside the College neighborhood. 42 of the lively circumstances are college students and 24 are school and employees, per the College’s COVID-19 tracker.
Hospitalization charges have continued to lower during the last two weeks — the seven-day common for brand spanking new hospitalizations was 9 on March 17 and was 6.86 as of Thursday. 8 sufferers had been admitted to U.Va. Well being with COVID-19 Thursday, bringing the present complete of COVID-19 hospitalizations to 31.
The seven-day common positivity charge as of Thursday was 5.60 p.c. The seven-day common positivity charge amongst school and employees Thursday — 9.58 p.c — is considerably larger than the 4.25 p.c charge for college kids.
The College is at the moment at two p.c occupancy for isolation rooms, reserved for many who have examined constructive for COVID-19.
College directors stopped requiring masking in non-U.Va Well being school rooms beginning March 28, after rescinding them March 21 for College-owned areas together with workplace buildings, IM-Rec amenities and venues. The mandate will stay in place in U.Va. Well being amenities.
The College cited latest enhancements in public well being knowledge as the rationale behind lifting the restrictions. Hospitalizations and constructive circumstances have been trending downward as the proportion of college, employees and college students who’re totally vaccinated has elevated.
The Centers for Disease Control reclassified Charlottesville Metropolis and Albemarle County’s COVID-19 neighborhood degree from “medium” to “low” just lately. The CDC makes use of three metrics to measure the neighborhood ranges — new COVID-19 circumstances per 100,000 residents, complete circumstances per 100,0-00 residents, each measured weekly, and the proportion of inpatient hospital occupant beds occupied by COVID-19 sufferers.
Over 99 p.c of scholars adjust to the College’s vaccination necessities whereas 85 p.c of staff have acquired booster pictures.
Whereas the College beforehand required all school and employees to be totally vaccinated — and the College announced a booster requirement previous to the beginning of the spring semester, the College no longer require school and employees to be vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19 as a situation of employment, per an electronic mail despatched Jan. 19 to College staff by Ryan, Provost Liz Magill, Chief Operation Officer J.J. Davis and Okay. Craig Kent, government vice chairman for well being affairs.
Within the Blue Ridge Health District, 76.8 p.c of people have acquired no less than one dose of the vaccine and 71.9 p.c of people are totally vaccinated. Along with these totally vaccinated, 42.3 p.c have been vaccinated with a 3rd booster dose.
The College’s COVID-19 tracker is up to date each weekday at 4 p.m.
