Campus Testing and Reporting

Covid-19 Fall 2021 Reopen Testing Dashboard

Note: Reopen Testing Period and data collection ended on 9/14/21 with final counts included below.

*Total includes the Fairfield University community; faculty, staff and students.

Dashboard Notes

• Surveillance Tests: Includes 100% of the campus community per week for those who are learning or working on campus.
• Diagnostic Tests: Includes all tests conducted on those reporting symptoms consistent with potential Covid-19 infection, and on those who have been contact traced/exposed to someone who is Covid-19 positive. Diagnostic testing is performed by Fairfield University’s Student Health Center.
• External: Includes external tests not performed on or by Fairfield University campus.
• Active Positive Cases: Includes all individuals that have tested positive and have not yet been “cleared” or recovered from Covid-19.
• Active Positive Cases on Campus: Includes individuals that have tested positive and have not yet been “cleared” or recovered from Covid-19 that have remained in campus isolation housing.  Note: other positive cases may be isolating at home/away from campus.
• Cleared: Includes individuals who have recovered from Covid-19 who are deemed no longer contagious by medical professionals and are cleared to return to the campus community.
• Exempt: Students and employees that tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 90 days are exempt from testing; exempt status is maintained by the Student Health Center.
  
  

7-Day Rolling Average Active Positive Cases

Active Positive Cases

Dashboard Notes
The attached dashboard excludes repopulation testing; repopulation testing ended on 2/13/21. The data may be adjusted as final results are completed.

• Repopulation Testing: The process began on January 21, 2021 and concluded on February 13, 2021 with nearly 13,000 tests conducted via a combination of at-home test kits supplied by Fairfield University prior to arrival to campus and follow-up on-campus tests. Overall infection rate of less than 1%.
• Covid-19 Spring Tracking Dashboard: Fairfield’s Spring Tracking Dashboard will be released daily Monday through Friday; data will be frozen at midnight the day prior to each release.
• Surveillance Tests: Includes 100% of the campus community per week for those who are learning or working on campus.
• Diagnostic Tests: Includes all tests conducted on those reporting symptoms consistent with potential Covid-19 infection, and on those who have been contact traced/exposed to someone who is Covid-19 positive. Diagnostic testing is performed by Fairfield University’s Student Health Center.
• External: Includes external tests not performed on or by Fairfield University campus.
• Active Positive Cases: Includes all individuals that have tested positive and have not yet been “cleared” or recovered from Covid-19.
• Active Positive Cases on Campus: Includes individuals that have tested positive and have not yet been “cleared” or recovered from Covid-19 that have remained in campus isolation housing.  Note: other positive cases may be isolating at home/away from campus.
• Cleared: Includes individuals who have recovered from Covid-19 who are deemed no longer contagious by medical professionals and are cleared to return to the campus community.
• Exempt: Students and employees that tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 90 days are exempt from testing; exempt status is maintained by the Student Health Center.
• Isolated on Campus:  Includes individuals positive for Covid-19 who are isolating in the on-campus Isolation Center; Fairfield University has an isolation bed capacity of 128.  Note: other positive cases may be isolating at home/away from campus.
• Under Surveillance By University: Includes individuals who have been identified through contact tracing or who have voluntarily reported they are quarantining due to possible exposure or travel. Fairfield University has a ftotal bed capacity of 175.
  
  

7-Day Rolling Average Active Positive Cases

Active Positive Cases

Report Notes

• Repopulation Testing: The process began on August 24, 2020 and concluded with 3,917 tests administered via on-campus testing and 1,563 external tests submitted to Fairfield University with a total of 6 positives.
• Covid-19 Tracking Dashboard: Fairfield’s Tracking Dashboard will be released daily Monday through Friday; data will be frozen the day prior to each release.
• Random Surveillance Tests: Includes purely random sample testing across the campus community.
• Selected Population Tests: Includes a stratified sample of subpopulations selected randomly and other higher-risk groups.
• Diagnostic Tests: Includes all tests conducted on those reporting symptoms consistent with potential Covid-19 infection, and on those who have been contact traced to someone who is Covid-19 positive. Diagnostic testing is performed by Fairfield University’s Student Health Center.
• External: Includes external tests for in-person employees, as well as Beach students and those approved to remain on campus as of 12/1.
• Active Positive Cases: Includes all individuals that have tested positive and have not yet been “cleared” or recovered from Covid-19.
• Active Positive Cases on Campus: Includes individuals that have tested positive and have not yet been “cleared” or recovered from Covid-19 that have remained in campus isolation housing.
• Cleared: Includes individuals who have recovered from Covid-19 who are deemed no longer contagious by medical professionals and are cleared to return to the campus community.
• Isolated on Campus: Includes individuals positive for Covid-19 who are isolating in the on-campus Isolation Center. Note: other positive cases may be isolating at home/away from campus. Fairfield University has an isolation bed capacity of 64.
• Under Surveillance By University: Includes individuals who have been identified through contact tracing or who have voluntarily reported they are quarantining on campus due to possible exposure or travel. Fairfield University has a bed capacity of 114.