Colgate Together Digest

Surveillance testing last week yielded a total of three positive student cases of COVID-19 and two positive employee cases. Our thoughts are with them, and we hope they are doing well.

Since we last exchanged emails, we have logged two new positive student cases and two positive employees. Contact tracing is underway.

The thaw has revealed final results from our testing backlog, with one positive student among them, producing 15 close contacts.

There’s a bit of a backlog, but of the roughly 1,800 results received during the past week — from PCR and rapid antigen tests — all are negative.

My name is Lemon, and I am a first-year student. It has been a while since I spoke to you — my last appearance in the digest was all the way back on Sept. 30, 2020.

I miss writing these notes, so I thought I would break from the every-other-day routine and send a special message with an important update.

A week and a half into Gate 1, I write with some important details and updates.

Among the results received from surveillance testing earlier this week, we have no cases of COVID-19. That’s great news, and I want to thank everyone who showed up.

As of yesterday, no new cases of COVID-19 have been identified on campus.

This week, the Colgate Together Digest begins its post-quarantine schedule. I’ll be in your inbox on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with updates on testing and other topics.