Washington University COVID-19 student graph Fall 2021 vs Fall 2020
Orange= Fall 2020, Blue - Fall 2021 Today was the final day of class, so we have successfully completed another semester during the pandemic here at Washington University in St. Louis . Since the campus COVID-19 dashboard was updated today with final numbers for the semester, I have decided to create a graph that compares the student positive count from Fall 2020 to Fall 2021. The orange line shows last semester, and the blue line shows this semester. For Fall 2020 we ended a slightly abbreviated semester with 273 total student cases over the 95 days from the beginning to the end of classes. For Fall 2021 we only had 175 total positive cases, so we had a reduction of about 36% over 102 days. The total number of positive faculty and staff cases also dropped significantly, from 120 last fall to only 78 this fall (a very similar 35% decrease.) Last Fall the university did require masking when in any public indoor spaces, and that continued again this year when a lot more people were pres