Twenty-four students living on campus and 32 students living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 since Thursday, Nov. 5, according to the university’s coronavirus dashboard updated Friday afternoon, Nov. 6. Today’s increase of COVID-19 cases is the highest this quarter, with 56 students in total testing positive. San Luis Obispo County reported 72 new COVID-19 […]
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Record number of positive tests for Cal Poly students, county sees “alarming spike” in cases
Over the past three days, Cal Poly saw the largest increase in on-campus and off-campus student COVID-19 cases recorded this quarter, with 25 on-campus and 27 off-campus students testing positive for COVID-19. This week, 38 on-campus and 43 off-campus students tested positive for COVID-19, after only seven on-campus and 24 off-campus students tested positive last […]
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With 26 new cases — Cal Poly sees a “significant jump” in COVID-19
Nine students living on-campus and 17 students living off-campus tested positive for COVID-19 since Wednesday, Nov. 4, according to the university’s coronavirus dashboard updated Thursday afternoon, Nov. 5. University officials called this increase in cases a “significant jump,” in a campus-wide email. The increase in cases was caused by sorority chapters hosting events that did […]
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Twenty-six students test positive for COVID-19
Sixteen students living on-campus and 10 students living off-campus tested positive for COVID-19 since Nov. 3, according to the university’s coronavirus dashboard updated Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 4. Despite the rise in COVID-19 cases on-campus, only two new University Housing residents were quarantined and no new students living on-campus were quarantined-in-place, according to the dashboard.  University […]
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Student suspended for party said punishment is racially motivated
Business administration sophomore Ray Chan — a first-generation Cal Poly Scholars student with a full-ride scholarship who said he has never gotten in trouble with the university — has been suspended for the entirety of Winter quarter after breaking COVID-19 orders over Labor Day weekend.
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Halloween during a pandemic: How students are celebrating and following COVID-19 guidelines for the holiday
Students will be forced to get creative this year for October’s annual Halloween celebration. Due to COVID-19, regulations have been enforced to ensure a safe weekend for students and residents alike.
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University performs more than 1,200 COVID-19 tests in one day
Due to potential COVID-19 exposure in University Housing, 36 on-campus students were ordered to quarantine-in-place since Oct. 29. This is the highest number of new quarantine-in-place residents since Friday, Oct. 16, bringing the total number of students quarantined-in-place to 131. The university performed 1,237 COVID-19 tests since Oct. 29, according to the university’s coronavirus dashboard […]
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Record number of Cal Poly students enter quarantine, county case rate remains constant
Cal Poly saw a record of on-campus residents enter quarantine this week. On Oct. 28 alone, 28 students were told to quarantine, the highest single-day increase on record, resulting in 31 total students quarantined.
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Here’s what you need to know about enforcements and fines this Halloween weekend
University Spokesperson Matt Lazier wrote in an email to Mustang News that the university continues to urge all students to do their part and to remember their personal responsibilities in slowing the spread of COVID-19. This means following all campus, state and local health and safety guidelines. Guidelines include avoiding large gatherings, maintaining physical distancing and wearing face coverings in public.
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Cal Poly is isolating COVID-positive students in Cerro Vista — but officials haven’t told residents
Cal Poly is using Cerro Vista’s Romauldo building to isolate COVID-positive students and residents in quarantine who may have been exposed to the coronavirus. The university has not communicated its use of Romauldo to the 649 residents living in the other five Cerro Vista buildings. University Housing officials have also instructed residential advisors — who […]
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County reports highest number of new COVID-19 cases since August, 10 students test positive
San Luis Obispo County reported 49 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 28, according to County Public Health. This is the most new COVID-19 cases reported in one day since Aug. 29, when 61 new cases were reported.