Work has begun on transforming the Cal Poly Recreation Center into an alternative care site for coronavirus patients. The facility will house patients who are too sick to recover at home, but not sick enough to need hospital care, County Public Health Officer Penny Borenstein said at a press conference March 30. The Cal Poly […]
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San Luis Obispo County now has 77 confirmed cases of COVID-19
San Luis Obispo has 77 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Monday, March 30 – up 6 cases from yesterday, according to the County Public Health Department. There are 5,739 confirmed cases in California and 140,904 in the United States – which surpasses China’s 82,198 confirmed cases and Italy’s 101,739 confirmed cases, according to Johns […]
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San Luis Obispo County now has 71 confirmed cases of COVID-19
San Luis Obispo now has 71 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Sunday, March 29 – up 4 cases from yesterday, according to the County Public Health. Of the total cases, 38 patients are at home in isolation, 24 patients have recovered, 9 are currently in the hospital. One of the hospitalized patients is in […]
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With less than 15 percent of residents left on campus, all students to move to apartments
Freshman students remaining in residence halls will be moved to fully vacated campus apartment next week, a March 28 University Housing email read.
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SLO County now has 67 cases of COVID-19
Of the total cases, 45 patients are at home in isolation, 13 patients have recovered, 9 are currently in the hospital. Two of the hospitalized patients are in intensive care.
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Two months after the first notification, here is how Cal Poly has responded to COVID-19
Four weeks ago, despite 29 countries with 78,111 people infected, coronavirus felt distant from San Luis Obispo. Nobody in the county had been tested for the virus as students prepared to take finals. Now, after 59 confirmed cases in the county, Cal Poly is strongly encouraging students to move home with the entirety of spring […]
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SLO County to start transforming Cal Poly Recreation Center into care site March 30
San Luis Obispo County Public Health announced modification to Cal Poly’s Recreation Center to establish an alternative care site for coronavirus patients will start Monday, March 30, according to County Emergency Operations Director Wade Horton.
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59 confirmed COVID-19 cases in San Luis Obispo County
San Luis Obispo now has 59 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Friday, March 27 – up 5 cases from yesterday, according to the County Public Health. Of the total cases, 41 patients are at home in isolation, 11 patients have recovered, 5 are currently in the hospital and two are in intensive care. There […]
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SLO County limiting access to beaches, recreation sites to prevent spread of COVID-19 during warm weather
With warm weather in the days ahead, the County of San Luis Obispo is working to discourage crowds from traveling into the area for outdoor recreation — potentially spreading COVID-19.
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SLO County COVID-19 cases quadruple in a week with 54 total
San Luis Obispo now has 54 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Thursday, March 26 – up 8 cases from yesterday, according to the County Public Health. Of the total cases, 39 patients are at home in isolation, ten patients have recovered, four are currently in the hospital and one is still in the intensive […]
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Killing COVID-19 with kindness
The Cal Poly Graphic Communications Department donated 38,000 nitrile gloves to French Hospital Monday, March 23 to support them during the coronavirus outbreak. French Hospital will distribute the gloves to other emergency service providers in the county if needed, electromechanical technician Peter Schlosser said. While Cal Poly gears up to teach virtually Spring Quarter, printing […]