Pittsburg State has resumed reporting COVID-19 cases, following the start of the spring semester.
For the week leading up to January 27th, the Bryant Student Health Center administered 28 tests to symptomatic patients, with 11 positives. Currently, 27 students are in isolation, and approximately 70 are in quarantine as close contacts with infected people.
In the same time period, four faculty and staff reported infections, and four reported being close contacts to an infected person. Of those, two each remain in isolation and quarantine.
Since the onset of the pandemic, 54 faculty and staff have reported infections, and 99 have had to quarantine as close contacts to infected people.
In advance of the semester, Bryant Student Health Center tested every student moving into a residence hall. A total of 580 students were tested with 12 positives.
