COVID-19 cases remain low at University of Alabama
Two weeks after hosting the first home football game, COVID-19 testing numbers remained low at the University of Alabama while UAB saw its second week of increases.
There were 34 positive tests on the Tuscaloosa campus from Oct. 9-15 after recording 45 a week earlier. That brings the semester total to 2,453 after cases spiked in late August and early September.
UAB had 64 positive tests and 49 were diagnosed a week earlier for a semester total of 222. And at UA-Huntsville, three additional cases this week brought the semester total to 78.
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The sentinel testing that draws from a random sample of students, faculty and staff also brought encouraging news. None of the 498 tested in Tuscaloosa came back positive while the two of 608 at UAB and one of 256 at UA-Huntsville were positive.
In terms of isolation space, 2.51% of the rooms (13 of 518) are being used in Tuscaloosa along with 19 of 100 in Birmingham and one of 87 in Huntsville.