COVID-19 Dashboard Update: FIU Had 44 New Cases Last Week

Jailene Feliciano / Contributing Writer 

FIU had 44 new COVID-19 cases last week.

30 students and 14 faculty or staff members self-reported having the virus the week of Jan. 25, according to the university’s dashboard.

Of the 30 new student cases 16 live or learn on campus. The remaining 14 were of students learning remotely. 10 of the 14 faculty members reported having the virus last week work on campus.

The number of COVID-19 cases of students learning remotely increased this week with 14 new cases compared to the 13 reported last week. 

The university also reported an increase in COVID-19 cases for faculty or staff working on campus with 10 new cases compared to the 7 reported last week.

In the last three weeks, the university has seen a downward trend in the number of new COVID-19 cases reported by students learning remotely and faculty or staff working on campus, with the highest number of cases reported being 78 during the first week of the semester.

A total of 177 cases have been self-reported to the university since the beginning of the semester. 115 students and 62 faculty or staff members have reported contracting the virus since the beginning of the semester. 

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 661 cases have been self-reported to the university since the start of the fall semester 24 weeks ago. Of the 437 student cases self-reported to the university this semester, 222 live or study on campus. 101 of the 224 faculty or staff who’ve self-reported having the virus teach or work on campus.

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