Prospects for further lifting coronavirus restrictions in San Diego County seemed uncertain with the release of the state's latest tier report.
The number of San Diego State University students who have tested positive or were considered probable for coronavirus infection reached 400 Tuesday as San Diego County narrowly retained its current status in the second tier of the state’s new reopening hierarchy.
Though it added 114 additional student cases since the weekend, SDSU also announced Tuesday that it has made exceptions inof all in-person instruction announced last week when the number of students getting sick started to increase rapidly. Though most of the more than 7,000 students now living on or off campus will continue to participate only in virtual learning, students enrolled in 20 courses that have “very specific accreditation and licensure requirements” that require “in-person hours” will resume under full personal protection and social-distancing protocols Thursday. A— in areas such as cardiopulmonary therapeutics and hearing amplification — is available online.
Though the cases have shot up quickly since SDSU started its fall semester on Aug. 24, the consequences have been much less severe for students than they have for the general population. A county official confirmed by email Tuesday evening that none of the 396 students who have so far tested positive, and four more whose symptoms make infection probable, have required hospitalization.Off campus, the COVID-19 picture was mixed Tuesday.
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