The number of Covid-19 cases on IUP campus continues to increase dramatically.
According to the IUP Covid-19 dashboard, 49 new student cases have been reported between September 15th and 17th, bringing the total number of cases among IUP’s student population to 136 for the fall semester so far. All 49 of the new student cases are in Indiana County, with 13 of those students living on-campus and 36 living off-campus.
Sixteen of the university’s self-isolation beds are currently being used, with 15 of them used for confirmed positive cases and one for a presumed positive case or a case that’s awaiting test results.
Those who have been identified as new cases are now following all required response protocol and the PA Department of Health has started contact tracing.
IUP has also reported that since mid-August, they have had 54 cases make a full recovery.
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