Days before the one-year anniversary of the first confirmed COVID-19 in Alachua County, UF’s total positive cases of the virus passed 9,000 and the positivity rate continues to stay below 1%.
On Sunday, the university’s positive cases recorded since March 18 totaled 9,013. Aside from a new cumulative milestone, infection trends continue to fall.
There have been no signs of numbers turning upward the last week as the seven-day average positive rate remains below 1%, according to UF’s testing dashboard.
The most people tested in a day during the last week came Sunday with 2,790 people — 15 of whom were positive. From Feb. 28 to Sunday, 28 students and 11 employees have tested positive.
Quarantine numbers have also fallen to a new low of 221 people for the Spring semester — 42 fewer than reported Thursday. The Fall semester’s low of 181 quarantined people came Aug. 26, five days before classes began.
UF Health Shands Hospital had 8.08% adult ICU availability (21 beds) on Tuesday, and North Florida Regional Medical Center had 25% (12 beds), according to the AHCA of Florida.
A total of 50,480, or about 18% of county residents, have been vaccinated in Alachua County, according to the FDOH in Alachua as of Tuesday. 11,693 have received one dose and 38,787 have received two.
Contact Manny Rea at mrea@alligator.org. Follow him on Twitter @ReaManny.
Manny Rea is a journalism sophomore and the current health reporter for The Alligator. He worked as a copy editor in his freshman year before moving over to the Avenue in summer 2020. He likes to listen to dollar-bin records and read comics, and he is patiently waiting to go back to movies and concerts.
