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I created this website, with the intent to provide accurate and real-time data, that tracks the novel coronavirus. As the SARS-CoV-2 is rapidly speedily, I hope you can use this site to find up-to-date info for your location, along with current research, and recent news. This site was built using Corvid API and the real-time dashboards were built with ArcGIS, C/C++, Seaborn, Plotly, Python, HTML, and R programming languages. Get in touch if you’d like to learn more about my career and what I’m working on now.
I created this website, with the intent to provide accurate and real-time data, that tracks the novel coronavirus. As the SARS-CoV-2 is rapidly speedily, I hope you can use this site to find up-to-date info for your location, along with current research, and recent news. This site was built using Corvid API and the real-time dashboards were built with ArcGIS, C/C++, Seaborn, Plotly, Python, HTML, and R programming languages. Get in touch if you’d like to learn more about my career and what I’m working on now.
I created this website, with the intent to provide accurate and real-time data, that tracks the novel coronavirus. As the SARS-CoV-2 is rapidly speedily, I hope you can use this site to find up-to-date info for your location, along with current research, and recent news. This site was built using Corvid API and the real-time dashboards were built with ArcGIS, C/C++, Seaborn, Plotly, Python, HTML, and R programming languages. Get in touch if you’d like to learn more about my career and what I’m working on now.
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At U.S. colleges and universities, coronavirus cases have become hotspots for the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. This year, coronavirus cases have continued to emerge by the tens of thousands. Since January 1, 2021, more than 120,000 cases gave been linked to U.S. colleges and universities, and more than 530,000 cases have been reported since the start of the pandemic. According to The New York Times, “more than 100 [COVID-19] deaths involving college students and employees” have been linked to colleges.
Tracking the Coronavirus at U.S.
Colleges and Universities
Last update: March 26, 2021 at 11:59:27 P.M. ET
When institutions shifted classes online last March, the virus has still causing disruptions in higher education. Many campuses reopened their doors in the fall, and promptly outbreaks became to swarm through dorms — leading to thousands of infections among students, faculty, and staff. Since students returned for the spring semester, institutions have ramped up testing, social distancing measures, thus helping to curb the spread on campuses.
As cases are currently picking up across the U.S., outbreaks are following at campuses. In addition, dangerous variants and mutations of SARS-CoV-2 are charging into the U.S. At the University of Michigan, a highly infectious variant turned up on campus.
With the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S., infections have slowed down at American colleges in recent weeks. The image below displays the percent change in cases on campus since the end of 2020. Source: The New York Times
For the past year, there is still no national tracking system, as colleges have been making their own rules for how to tally infections. The data presented on this page is from a New York Times survey. I advise caution when interpreting this data, because many cases may be undercounted. Many universities, hoping to quickly identify cases and prevent broader outbreaks, have tested aggressively for the virus, detecting cases in some instances that might otherwise have been missed. Most colleges do not publicly report coronavirus-related deaths. This page will be periodically updated. Click here to view data notes for this page.
Case Rates in College Communities
Coronavirus cases in counties where college students make up at least 10 percent of the population compared with other counties.
Note: Case numbers are aggregated using a seven-day rolling average. | Sources: Counties are categorized using data from the 2018 American Community Survey. Case data is from a New York Times database as of May 26.
In The Spotlight
Colleges with the Most Cases
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This data table includes 1,948 colleges and universities where case totals where available. A few schools report only positive test results, which can include multiple tests for one person. Other institutions were not clear about whether they counted positive test results or unique cases.
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I am also displaying reported cases among university students, and employees in all fields, whose roles as doctors, nurses, pharmacists, or medical students. Some institutions have a broad range of programs, including medical units, and have reported dozens of cases tied to health care. Those cases are listed below, as a subset of their universitywide totals.
Infections Linked to Medical Schools and Teaching Hospitals
Medical Schools
COVID-19 at College Athletic Departments
College Athletic Departments
The following data tables present COVID-19 cases at college athletic departments. While the precise tally of cases is reasonably higher than what is shown, this data, from The New York Times, exhibits the, "comprehensive public measure of the virus in college sports."
The data shows cases for just 78 of 130 universities in the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Football Bowl Subdivision, the top level of college football. Some of those schools released the pandemic statistics only in response to requests filed under public records laws.
Limited Data Disclosure From Schools
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78 schools
Limited data
33 schools
No data
19 schools
Note: Data shown for the 130 schools in the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Football Bowl Subdivision, represents figures as of Dec. 11, 2020. Colleges and government agencies report this data differently, so exercise caution when comparing institutions. Case totals include confirmed positive cases and probable cases, where available. In most instances, case data was confirmed by university officials. For Army, case information was confirmed by an official with knowledge of the situation who was not authorized to speak publicly.
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Conference USA
Atlantic Coast
Southeastern
Mountain West
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Mid-American
American
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Independent schools
The remaining schools did not publicly release any statistics, or there was limited information about their athletic departments, or they stopped providing data just ahead of football season. No athletic department has shared data regarding deaths associated with the virus.
Parents and college football players, gather outside of the Big Ten Conference headquarters, urging conference to all the season to be played in the fall, following the Big Tens initial decision not to play football this fall. Credit, Quinn Harris/Getty Images.
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has advised institutions of higher education to have systems in place for the monitoring and evaluation of COVID-19. CDC’s Considerations for Institutions of Higher Education provides considerations on strategies to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Institutions of higher education may consider implementing multiple COVID-19 mitigation strategies as they reopen including, but not limited to, requiring students, faculty, and staff to wear masks, restricting mixing between groups, integrating safe and effective cleaning and disinfection, communicating prevention messages, ensuring social distancing (e.g., maintaining a distance of at least 6 feet from others) as much as possible, limiting large group gatherings (e.g., assemblies, orientation), enhancing ventilation in buildings, and reinforcing hand hygiene. These mitigation strategies may be tailored to the needs and situation of each school, with special attention to individuals at increased risk and disproportionately affected populations.
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