COVID-19 Update: Total SDSU cases nearing 1,000, four new cases among faculty/staff, 30 among students
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September 22, 2020
The number of confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 associated with San Diego State is nearing 1,000 as the university reported 30 new confirmed and probable cases among students and two among faculty and staff on Sept. 22.
Since the start of the semester, 340 students living on-campus have tested positive for COVID-19 and 570 students living off-campus throughout the county and around the College Area have tested positive, according to SDSU’s COVID-19 Case Alert Protocol webpage.
According to the university, 57 students are currently in isolation housing, and 164 are quarantined in their on-campus residences.
This is the second day in a row SDSU has reported 30 new cases among students, two days after the university reported 48 new cases on Sept. 20, the highest daily increase since 53 new cases were reported on Sept. 11.
Over the weekend, SDSU reported the first positive case among its faculty and staff on Sept. 20 and has since reported 3 more cases. These cases are associated with the SDSU Research Foundation, an auxiliary of SDSU. Currently, 11 additional employees are self-isolating after coming in contact with colleagues that tested positive.
None of the cases reported among students or faculty/staff are related to campus operations or in-person instruction.
Testing Information
San Diego County has expanded its testing capacity at SDSU. The county-operated testing site at the Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center on 55th Street is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. No appointments are required and it is open to all students, faculty and staff. More information about COVID-19 testing offered by San Diego County is available on the county’s testing webpage.
SDSU Student Health Services continues to offer free testing for all registered SDSU students, faculty and staff. Appointments can be made by calling (619) 594-4325 or through SDSU’s secure health portal HealtheConnect.
Mary Salafia • Sep 25, 2020 at 10:06 am
How many of these cases were (or are) hospitalized?
How many deaths, if any?
It would be good to include this information so that everyone has a better understanding of the situation.
Tom Thomas • Sep 25, 2020 at 9:06 am
It is beyond belief that SDSU and the County have been so lax in enforcing compliance amongst the off-campus students living in the College Area. UCSD has never been a good neighbor in this regard. For years there have been great negative impacts brought upon the residents of the area due to noise and congestion. But now SDSU has taken their total disregard for the community in which they reside to a new level. They have seeded our community with disease and – surely to follow – death. SDSU should immediately enforce compliance of ALL of its students in the area, NOT just the ones in the dorm. They could easily adopt a policy that non-compliance results in expulsion. This should certainly include parties and gatherings of students not all living under the same roof. As it is, even when they KNOW that such gatherings occur, and their Security Police KNOW that these things are going on, they do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. The current course of action by SDSU will lead to unnecessary deaths. Why do we have to wait until people die – including students and faculty – to take responsible action?? It is known that cases are followed by hospitalizations, which are followed by death. I understand that many of the students will be invulnerable to the more serious outcomes. But many others will not. Can we possibly be so callous as a society not to care? for the SDSU Administration, the answer is obviously yes.