Four active COVID-19 student-athlete cases for Purdue
The Purdue athletic department reports four active COVID-19 cases among student-athletes within its athletic department this week, according to a weekly update on its testing results released on Monday, down from five last week and eight two weeks ago.
Since early June, when athletic activity resumed, Purdue's athletic department has conducted 18,688 tests and yielded 147 positives. Football and men's and women's basketball are involved in daily antigen testing. Basketball season starts this week.
Purdue's protocol for handling positive tests includes contact-tracing measures to identify those who may have come in contact with an infected person. A location on campus has been set aside for those who test positive to be quarantined.
Purdue has been providing weekly testing updates. It also reports data to the Indiana State Health Department.
Per a university statement: As nearly all face-to-face instruction has concluded and a majority of student-athletes have left Purdue’s campus for the virtual remainder of the fall semester and winter break period, this will be the final weekly update for this semester.
| Date | Case Total | Active Cases | Total Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
|
July 23 |
27 |
5 |
415 |
|
July 31 |
35 |
8 |
573 |
|
August 7 |
37 |
2 |
787 |
|
August 14 |
37 |
0 |
1,063 |
|
August 21 |
37 |
0 |
1,245 |
|
August 28 |
40 |
3 |
1,881 |
|
Sept. 4 |
43 |
3 |
2,606 |
|
Sept. 11 |
46 |
3 |
3,269 |
|
Sept. 18 |
53 |
5 |
3,954 |
|
Sept. 25 |
62 |
9 |
4,629 |
|
Oct. 5 |
63 |
0 |
5,953 |
|
Oct. 12 |
77 |
6 |
7,572 |
|
Oct. 19 |
89 |
8 |
9,061 |
|
Oct. 27 |
92 |
4 |
10,514 |
|
Nov. 2 |
97 |
4 |
12,255 |
|
Nov. 9 |
120 |
19 |
13,992 |
|
Nov. 17 |
131 |
8 |
15,510 |
|
Nov. 23 |
139 |
5 |
17,170 |
|
Nov. 30 |
147 |
4 |
18,688 |
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