Seven positive COVID-19 cases were reported by St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being during the seventh week of classes, a decrease of 22 from the previous week.

Four cases were students and three were employees. Six cases came from the St. Paul campus and one from the Minneapolis campus. The Center for Well-Being also reported that St. Thomas currently has an 88.8% university-wide vaccination rate.

As of October 18, 92.9% of university employees are vaccinated and 88.2% of students are vaccinated.

The Minnesota Department of Health reported as of October 21, that 3,452,704 Minnesotans have had at least one vaccine dose, and 3,285,805 have completed the vaccine series. 76.6% of Minnesotans age 18 and up have completed the vaccine series.

According to the COVID-19 Dashboard, the cases are within a manageable range and there is no evidence of transmission inside the classroom.

St. Thomas releases COVID-19 data every Monday, and it is available on the COVID-19 Dashboard which includes information about reporting positive cases and getting vaccinated.

Mae Macfarlane can be reached at Macf7507@stthomas.edu.