Three BC students tested positive since Thursday with a .31 percent positivity rate. BC reported a .51 percent positivity rate for the week
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BC to Increase Surveillance Testing This Week
In response to the spike in COVID-19 cases during the second week of classes, BC will perform more than 5,000 tests over four days.
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Newton Community Cameras Documents the Early Days of the Pandemic
“I think people might not realize that a historic time is made up of everyday moments when people are trying to make the best of things,” Silverstein said.
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COVID-19 Positivity Spikes Among Undergraduates, Swimming and Diving Team Affected
The COVID-19 positivity rate for Boston College undergraduates tested this week is 3.75 percent as of Thursday, according to BC’s COVID-19 dashboard. Forty-six undergraduates have tested positive out of the 1,228 tested so far this week. Sixty-eight undergraduates are in isolation as of Thursday after testing positive for COVID-19. Twenty-eight are in isolation housing, and...
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Three Additional Undergraduates Test Positive As of Tuesday
Three additional undergraduates tested positive for COVID-19 out of the 109 who were tested this week, according to BC’s COVID-19 dashboard.
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COVID-19 Positivity Rate Continues Rising Over Weekend
The COVID-19 positivity rate for Boston College undergraduates tested this past week rose to 0.63 percent on Sunday from .57 percent on Friday, according to BC’s COVID-19 dashboard. BC reported 652 more undergraduate tests with six more positives from Friday to Sunday. The dashboard said on Sunday afternoon that 24 undergraduates tested positive during the...
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Undergraduate COVID-19 Positivity Rate Rises As BC Transitions Into Random Testing
This week’s numbers include students still arriving on campus, students from high-risk places, and asymptomatic surveillance testing.
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Six BC Undergrads Test Positive, Students Report Delayed Results
BC repeatedly said that students’ results would be available within six to 26 hours of testing, but students have reported longer wait times.
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BC Begins First Day of Testing in Conte Forum
Boston College conducted its first day of COVID-19 testing on Monday in Conte Forum, administering 2,277 tests to faculty, staff, and students, according to a letter sent to the BC community on Tuesday.
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BC Unable to Debut App For Testing and Symptom Reporting in Time for Move-In
Boston College was unable to complete testing for the CoVerified app, which it had planned to use to schedule COVID-19 testing appointments, in time for students’ arrival on campus.
