UGA cases of COVID-19 climb while interest in surveillance testing wanes
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After three consecutive weeks of consistently low reports, cases of COVID-19 at the University of Georgia have climbed back to the level recorded at the first of March: 53 cases versus 33 the previous week.
Of those who reported positive tests through the DawgCheck system, 47 were students, five were staff members and one was a faculty member.
Surveillance tests were administered to 846 individuals at the Legion Field surveillance site and in a satellite location the lowest number of participants since UGA initiated its testing program last August. Of those tested, nine yielded positive results for a positivity rate of 1.42 percent, breaking a record of six straight weeks with a positivity rate below 1 percent.