Around the country, universities scrambled to conduct classes and host students while keeping COVID under control. The graphs and illustrations below provide a snapshot of UVA’s efforts to limit viral transmission among its students over the last year. All statistics are as of May 13.
Student spread
The school reports 2,824 COVID cases among students since the
beginning of the fall semester. This year’s enrollment was 25,642, meaning roughly 1 in 9 students have contracted COVID at some point during this academic year. Nationally, 27 million cases have been confirmed since August, meaning around 1 in 12 U.S. residents have contracted COVID during the same timeframe.
School rivalries
The chart below compares the spread on Grounds this spring to a handful of peer institutions.
Peaks and valleys
The school community saw COVID case counts spike at the beginning of each semester.
Spit take
UVA administered 343,466 COVID tests this year, to students and employees and also through outreach programs at local churches and community centers. The majority of those were saliva tests. Each saliva screening requires 5 milliliters of spit. That’s 1,717 liters of saliva in total—enough to fill 11.3 medium-sized (40 gallon) bathtubs.
