Northwestern released updated COVID-19 guidelines in a Monday email, to take effect for the remainder of the summer and into Fall Quarter. The University continues to require COVID-19 primary series vaccination for all students, faculty and staff. Though community members are no longer required to obtain booster doses, NU encourages individuals to receive them, if.
Northwestern’s COVID-19 positivity rate reached its latest peak this week at 9.28%, rising almost two percentage points from last week’s positivity rate. As positivity rates continue to rise, the three highest rates have all occurred in the last month, with last week seeing a positivity rate of 7.40% and 5.91% positivity rate marked for the.
While Northwestern’s COVID-19 positivity rate declined slightly this week, it remains on the higher end since the start of the pandemic. Last week’s positivity rate of 5.91% was the second highest reported throughout the pandemic. The University told The Daily on Tuesday that NU does not intend to make changes to its masking or testing.