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As the university approaches its fifth week back on campus with over 50% of classes in a face-to-face setting, 23 more cases of COVID-19 were confirmed between Sept. 3 and 9.
Doug Arney, vice president for Administrative Support Services and chair of the Infectious Disease Committee at UTRGV, said among the 23 were 11 students, two faculty and 10 staff members.
UTRGV updates the number of cases reported for campus individuals weekly through the Confirmed Cases Dashboard. The numbers on this website are provided by the university COVID-19 Response Team.
Arney said two UTRGV students were quarantined on campus the week of Sept. 3.
As previously reported by The Rider, students are being quarantined in 50 rooms provided by the university
in separate wings of the
Casa Bella Apartments on the Brownsville campus and in the Village Apartments
in Edinburg.
“We’re still optimistic and we’re very pleased with the students, faculty and staff following our COVID protocol, communicating with the COVID-19 Response Team when they have issues and we hope the people continue to do so,” Arney said about the university reporting over 20 cases for the last two weeks.
UTRGV continues to host 52% of its courses in a face-to-face setting, 14% in a hybrid or reduced setting, 23% online asynchronous, 8% online synchronous and 3% with an interactive video.
As of last Wednesday, UT Health RGV had administered 44,292 tests and 85,887 vaccine doses, according to the Confirmed Cases Dashboard on the UTRGV COVID-19 website.
In other COVID-19 news, Hidalgo and Cameron counties are still experiencing a surge in cases.
Hidalgo County reported an additional 408 confirmed cases last Wednesday, raising the county’s total to 111,477, according to its website.
As of last Wednesday, the county reported 15 additional deaths, raising its toll to 3,225.
Last Tuesday, Cameron County Public Health reported an additional 90 COVID-19 cases, raising its total to 51,006.
The county also reported 162 recovered, raising the total to 46,763, according to a news release.
Cameron County also reported six additional COVID-19-related deaths, raising its toll to 1,846.
