by MTU Flex Task Force
On Saturday, August 29, Michigan Tech concluded its student baseline testing program. Over the last two weeks, 1,784 COVID-19 tests were conducted. The virus was detected in seven individual tests, for a detection rate of 0.39%. The University’s student surveillance testing program begins today, August 31.
One of the primary purposes of our baseline testing program was to catch asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 and contain outbreaks of the virus through contact tracing. Over the weekend, the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department (WUPHD) identified Theta Tau, an off-campus location, as a potential exposure site for COVID-19. Contact tracers are working diligently to identify and get in touch with those known to have come in close contact with the infected person. (Theta Tau is not a University-recognized Greek organization due to prior misconduct.)