Students warned as COVID-19 cases surge at BU
BU reports 140 positive COVID-19 cases, Brian Rose points to student gatherings
Three weeks after the semester began, Binghamton University is seeing its worst COVID-19 spread yet.
In a B-Line News Addition on March 3, Brian Rose, vice president for student affairs, confirmed that the University is seeing 40 to 50 new positive COVID-19 cases every day, with the majority of these cases being students.
As of March 3, the University has 140 positive cases for the Feb. 27 to March 12 14-day period. With SUNY seeing 497 positive cases overall, BU alone makes up roughly 28 percent of this total.
According to Rose, the University’s testing center tests roughly 2,000 people daily. Currently, 154 students are in isolation housing and 122 are in quarantine housing. Rose said the University is providing numerous services to these students, including meal delivery, daily health checks, package deliveries, academic support and birthday message