Breaking News: FIU Had Eight New COVID-19 Cases, Last Week

Jordan Coll/ News Director

FIU reported having eight cases last week.

Six students and two faculty or staff members self-reported having the virus the week of Dec.27, according to the FIU COVID-19 dashboard.

Of the six students who self-reported having the virus, one lives or learns campus. The remaining five cases were students learning remotely.

Two staff or faculty members self-reported getting COVID-19 last week. One of them works on campus.

Graphic of COVID-19 Self-reported Dashboard by Jordan Coll & Valentina Palm

The university’s COVID-19 dashboard only reflects cases that are self-reported by students and faculty to the Student Affairs and Human Resources divisions or the FIU COVID-19 Response Team. 

The FIU dashboard divides COVID-19 cases into four categories; students living or learning on campus, students learning remotely, faculty/staff working on campus, or working remotely. 

A total of 421 cases have been reported to the university since the start of the fall semester last year, 20 weeks ago.

Of the 285 student cases self-reported to the university this semester, 157 live or study on campus. 70 of the 136 faculty or staff self-reported having the virus teach or work on campus.

The dashboard is updated every Monday by the FIU Covid-19 Response Team. 


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