Duke University’s comprehensive COVID-19 testing and contact tracing program administered 18,465 tests to students and 3,077 tests to faculty/staff for the period January 11-17, with a total of 76 positive results. Among students – who are required to be tested before they can begin their classes and on-campus activities  there were 49 positive results, identified through gateway testing and frequent surveillance testing for asymptomatic students as well as tests for those exhibiting symptoms 

More than half of the students who tested positive have just recently returned to Duke from other parts of the country, in many cases from areas where the prevalence of COVID-19 in the population is greater than in North Carolina. The individuals who tested positive have been placed in isolation, while those identified as potential contacts have been placed in precautionary quarantine. The total positivity rate was 0.35 percent. 

The full announcement of testing results is posted to Duke Today.

Testing data is also available on our Testing Tracker, which is updated every Tuesday.