Criteria Informing COVID-19 Levels
The COVID-19 Leadership team will regularly monitor these criteria to determine what COVID-19 level should be implemented.
Criteria #1
Positive cases among campus community
- Total current positive cases among the campus community is 14 or higher as diagnosed within a 5 day period from the Gustavus Health Service.
Details and Rationale: Based on campus case data from previous years, this figure is believed to be equivalent to the threshold where regular activities on campus become harder to sustain.
Criteria #2
CDC County Community Level in surrounding area
- Two of the counties have a community level of high for two consecutive weeks.
- Monitoring cases in Nicollet, Blue Earth, and Le Sueur counties.
- CDC Community levels may be tracked on the CDC website.
Rationale: The CDC Community Level uses multiple factors to access community-wide risk. Many employees, students, and campus visitors regularly move between the campus and the surrounding community, which means increased risk of transmission among the Gustavus community.
Criteria #3
County Case Level
- Two of the counties have reported cases at high rate for two consecutive weeks (CDC currently defines high as 100 or more per 100,000 people).
- Monitoring cases in Nicollet, Blue Earth, and Le Sueur counties.
- Reported cases in the county may be tracked at the APM Research Lab.
Details and Rationale: Total reported cases in the county indicates the level of COVID-19 circulating locally. Many employees, students, and campus visitors regularly move between the campus and the surrounding community, which means increased risk of transmission among the Gustavus community.