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Northern Iowan

The student news site of the University of Northern Iowa

Northern Iowan

The student news site of the University of Northern Iowa

Northern Iowan

This graphic depicts the positivity rate and number of COVID-19 cases on campus as well as other statistics regarding the ongoing pandemic.

COVID-19 on campus: rates constant

ELIZABETH KELSEY, News Editor Feb 22, 2021

The prevalence of COVID-19 on the UNI campus remained consistent last week, according to data released Friday, Feb. 19 at noon by the UNI Student Health Center. The 57 tests conducted from Feb. 15-21...

COVID-19 on campus: slight increase

COVID-19 on campus: slight increase

ELIZABETH KELSEY, News Editor Feb 15, 2021

The prevalence of COVID-19 on the UNI campus remained relatively low last week, with only a slight increase in the campus positivity rate.  According to data released Friday, Feb. 12 at noon, the 46...

This graphic depicts the positivity rate and number of COVID-19 cases on campus as well as other statistics regarding the ongoing pandemic.

COVID-19 on campus: little change in rates, Reynolds lifts restrictions

ELIZABETH KELSEY, News Editor Feb 8, 2021

COVID-19 cases and positivity rates remained both consistent and fairly low last week, according to data released by the UNI Student Health Center on Friday, Feb. 5 at noon. The 33 tests conducted from...

COVID-19 updates: U.K. variant in Iowa, winter masking tips

ELIZABETH KELSEY, News Editor Feb 4, 2021

The UNI COVID-19 Response Team this week urged caution and vigilance among the UNI community as a variant of the COVID-19 virus was announced to have been detected in Iowa for the first time. On Monday,...

This graphic depicts the positivity rate on campus as well as other statistics regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 on campus: low positivity, case counts to start spring semester

ELIZABETH KELSEY, News Editor Feb 1, 2021

As UNI students returned to campus for the first time in two months, this week’s COVID-19 update from the UNI Student Health Center showed low positivity rates and case counts, although the number of...

After pushing back against a mask mandate since March, Governor Kim Reynolds implements mandate through Dec. 10.

Reynolds implements mask mandate

ELIZABETH KELSEY and EMMA'LE MAAS Nov 19, 2020

On Monday, Nov. 16, Governor Kim Reynolds announced new statewide enhanced public health measures in response to the surge of COVID-19 cases in Iowa.  Most notable among the new regulations included...

Some UNI professors have shifted their classes to virtual delivery at the end of the semester in the face of rising rates of COVID-19.

As cases climb, some classes finish fall semester virtually

KAYLA LAWRENCE Nov 19, 2020

As UNI fast approaches the end of this uniquely challenging semester, some classes have made a last-minute change to online learning. In these last couple of weeks, as COVID-19 cases skyrocketed in Black...

This graphic depicts the positivity rate on campus as well as other statistics regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 on campus: slight decline

ELIZABETH KELSEY, News Editor Nov 16, 2020

After several weeks of rapidly increasing case counts and positivity rates, this week’s COVID-19 update from the UNI Student Health Center indicated a slight decrease in both areas. According to data...

This graphic depicts the COVID-19 positivity rate on the UNI campus as well as other statistics regarding the pandemic in Black Hawk County.

COVID-19 on campus: numbers increase

ELIZABETH KELSEY, News Editor Nov 9, 2020

New cases of COVID-19 on the UNI campus more than doubled in the last week, according to the latest data released by the UNI Student Health Center. According to data released Friday, Nov. 6 at noon,...

This graphic depicts the COVID-19 positivity rate on the UNI campus as well as other statistics regarding the pandemic in Black Hawk County.

COVID-19 on campus: continued rise

ELIZABETH KELSEY, News Editor Nov 2, 2020

After reporting a more than 100% increase in the campus’ COVID-19 positivity rate for the week of Oct. 19-25, the number of new cases and positivity rate on the UNI campus have both once again risen...

This graphic depicts the positivity rate on campus as well as other statistics regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 on campus: numbers rise

ELIZABETH KELSEY, News Editor Oct 26, 2020

This week’s COVID-19 statistics from the UNI Student Health Center, released Friday, Oct. 23, showed a significant increase in the campus’ positivity rate over the past week. As depicted in the accompanying...

This graphic depicts UNIs most recent COVID-19 case count, positivity rate and other pandemic statistics.

COVID-19 on campus: positivity rate increases

ELIZABETH KELSEY, News Editor Oct 19, 2020

After over a month of decreasing positivity rates for COVID-19 testing on campus, the UNI Student Health Center reported an increased positivity rate for the week of Oct. 12-18. According to UNI’s...

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