Breaking News: FIU Had 29 New Cases Last Week

Jordan Coll / News Director

FIU reported 29 new COVID-19 cases last week.

17 students and 12 faculty or staff members according to the university’s dashboard. 

16 of the new student cases were living or learning on campus and with the remaining student learning remotely. Four faculty or staff members working on campus reported having the virus while the other eight are working remotely. 

FIU Self-reported dashboard graph by Valentina Palm & Jordan Coll

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 517 cases has been reported since the start of the spring semester, with 341 being students and the remaining 176 being faculty and staff members. 

A total of 1,001 cases have been self-reported to FIU since the beginning of the fall semester 35 weeks ago. There were 663 cases reported by students, 371 of which were students living or learning on campus and the other 292 learning remotely. Of the 338 cases reported by faculty/staff members, 152 were working on campus while the remaining 186 were working from home. 

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