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As cases in Hidalgo and Cameron counties continue to rise, 17 UTRGV students and staff members tested positive for COVID-19 between Sept. 10 and 16, according to a university official.
Doug Arney, vice president for Administrative Support Services and chair of the Infectious Disease Committee at UTRGV, said among the 17 were 11 students and six staff members.
For the last two weeks, the university reported cases above 20.
The 17 cases are a slight decrease from that number and the first time since July 30 that the cases at UTRGV have decreased.
UTRGV updates the number of cases reported for campus individuals weekly through the Confirmed Cases Dashboard. The numbers on this website are provided by the university COVID-19 Response Team.
Arney said no UTRGV students were quarantined on campus the week of Sept. 10 to 16.
As previously reported by The Rider, UTRGV has provided 50 rooms in separate wings of the Casa Bella Apartments on
the Brownsville campus and in the Village Apartments in Edinburg for quarantining students.
As of last Wednesday, UT Health RGV had administered 44,755 tests and 86,044 vaccine doses, according to the Confirmed Cases Dashboard on the UTRGV COVID-19 website.
In other COVID-19 news, Hidalgo and Cameron counties are still experiencing a surge in cases.
Hidalgo County reported an additional 599 confirmed cases last Wednesday, raising the countyโs total to 113,755, according to its website.
As of last Wednesday, the county reported 11 additional deaths, raising its toll to 3,274.
Last Tuesday, Cameron County Public Health reported an additional 79 COVID-19 cases, raising its total
to 51,587.
The county also reported 91 recovered, raising the total to 47,284, according to a news release.ย Cameron County did not report any additional COVID-19 related deaths Tuesday. The number of deaths total 1,886.
