A total of 5,041 tests were administered within the University community last week with 51 tests producing positive results for a positivity rate of 1.01 percent.
The University recommends students get a flu shot by the end of October.
Absentee ballots can either be mailed to a designated election office or dropped off at its corresponding polling place.
With the general election coming up on Nov. 3, the tight race for Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District is garnering national attention.
Voters in the Fifth District — which includes the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County — will choose between Webb and Republican candidate Bob Good on the ballot for the Nov. 3 general election.
The University has constructed nine tents throughout Grounds at various locations, costing approximately $650,000.
The instructional format of the Spring semester will “largely mirror” the current semester, the University stated in its weekly Return to Grounds update. All courses — with the exception of a few labs and practicums — will include an online component.
With recruitment events held online, presidents and recruitment chairs are struggling with learning new technology, generating excitement about Greek life, and conveying safety guidelines from the ISC and the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life to members and potential new members.
While the University would prefer people gathering outside to inside, student behavior sometimes does not align with administrative expectations.
According to the dashboard, there were an average of seven cases per day last week, including the newly reported positive test results from the weekend.
The report is mandated by the Clery Act, a federal law that requires transparency in relation to crime statistics on college campuses.
Normally all first-years are required to live in on-Grounds residences, but this semester 74 percent of the first-year class chose to live on Grounds, with others choosing to stay at home or take a gap year given the unusual circumstances.
Since Aug. 17, 1,019 members of the University community have tested positive for COVID-19.
Amendment One establishes a sixteen-person panel, made up of eight legislators and eight non-legislators, that would draw electoral maps.
20 of the University’s 27 first-year dormitories and all Lawn residents have undergone testing.
University Spokesperson Wes Hester confirmed in an email statement that employees of the residences will also have the opportunity to be tested.
Voter registration in Virginia ends Tuesday, although Virginia’s voter registration website went down until the early afternoon for more than five and a half hours due to a cut cable.
The University’s other restrictions on mask-wearing, social distancing and travel, which were extended for an additional two weeks last Tuesday, will remain in place for at least another week.
557 saliva screening tests were administered between Oct. 1 and Oct. 8. Out of those tests, 537 were negative, 12 positive, four inconclusive and four were categorized as invalid.
Monday’s update said that there were only 99 active cases in the University community, down from the 219 reported last Thursday.
