Bowling Green State University has hit at a plateau in COVID-19 cases.
In his weekly update, the university’s Chief Health Officer Ben Batey said cases got so low there was little more room to drop. The goal now is to keep cases “at a low and manageable level.”
Now the possibility is for more events to open this semester as Gov. Mike DeWine has eased capacity restrictions for both indoor and outdoor events.
In the March 1-7 period, BGSU reported 21 cases – 16 students, one faculty, and four staff. Twelve of the infected students live off campus. One student with COVID-19 is in isolation in on-campus housing and four who have been exposed are in quarantine.
That case count is up from 19 cases reported the previous week, and 13 cases the week before.
BGSU has had 308 cases this semester – 364 students, seven faculty, and 37 staff.
In this period, BGSU conducted 1,123 tests of symptomatic, asymptomatic or exposed individuals, with 14 testing positive. That’s a 1.25-percent positivity rate, compared to a 5-percent rate for the state.
Since Jan. 1, the university has conducted 11,928 tests with 367 positives, a 3.1 percent positivity rate.
