Thirteen positive COVID-19 cases were reported last week by St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being Monday, a decrease of four from the previous week.

Ten cases came from students, and three came from employees. Three cases were reported from the Minneapolis campus and the other 10 came from the St. Paul campus.

According to the Minnesota Department of Health, there have been 441,922 people who have been vaccinated with the first dose and roughly 116,248 who have received both doses.

“The University of St. Thomas, Center for Well-Being has completed the necessary documentation to become a COVID vaccination provider site for our community. We have NOT received authorization or supply to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine,” the report stated. “We do not anticipate this occurring until there is a greater availability of the vaccine nationwide.”

Throughout J-Term, 79 positive cases were reported by the Center for Well-Being, with 69 of them coming from students and 10 from employees, the dashboard data shows. Sixty-six of the term’s total cases came from the St. Paul campus and 13 came from the Minneapolis campus.

The MDH is reporting 462,528 cumulative number of positive cases with 727 newly reported cases and 2 newly reported deaths as of Feb. 1.

On campus, the dashboard continues to report no evidence of transmission in classrooms or labs, with more than 50% availability of quarantine and isolation spaces on campus.The contact tracing team is still able to interview 90-100% of reported positive cases within 24 hours over a seven day average.

The number of positive cases remain in a manageable range based on those factors, the dashboard message said.
The positive COVID-19 test numbers come from tests conducted at the Center for Well-Being, self-reported tests and reports from the Minnesota Department of Health.

According to the university’s COVID-19 Preparedness Plan, individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 “are expected to stay home until they have been fever-free for 72 hours (without use of medicine that reduces fever) and at least 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared and other symptoms have improved.”

The plan also requires 14 days of quarantine for community members who have had close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.

St. Thomas releases weekly COVID-19 data on Mondays, which can be found on the university’s COVID-19 Dashboard.

Mae Macfarlane can be reached at macf7507@stthomas.edu.
Lauren Dettmer can be reached at dett5553@stthomas.edu.