COVID-19 Rate Four Times Lower At CSU Than CU, Even As Cases Rise

From CBS Denver:

By Dillon Thomas

October 1, 2020

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – Colorado State University is moving forward with in-person learning as the university’s COVID-19 testing rates are coming back better compared to the University of Colorado at Boulder. Of nearly 19,000 COVID-19 tests administered since freshman move-in, only 1.2% of tests came back positive for COVID-19. In Boulder, the rate is currently just under 4%.

CSU has invested more than $2 million thus far just in administering tests for students, and preventing the spread among classrooms and dormitories.

A spokesperson for CSU said the university is pleased with their ability thus far to contain and prevent the spread among their student body. However, they noted that the virus has the capability of jumping on them at any time.

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