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Student First Responders, Health Care Workers Vaccinated

Ethan Raye • February 16, 2021

Under the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ COVID-19 vaccination rollout plan, some BC students are now eligible to receive vaccinations and have already begun getting vaccinated for COVID-19.

BC Reports Highest Number of Undergrad Cases, Students in Isolation

Megan Kelly, Julia Kiersznowski, and Victor Stefanescu • February 15, 2021

Boston College has reported its highest number of undergraduate cases of COVID-19 in a single week with 75 positive cases out of 9,628 tests, a positivity rate of .78 percent, according to the University’s COVID-19 dashboard as of Sunday.

Predicting the Unpredictable: How Will BC’s Spring Semester Amid COVID-19 Unfold?

Haley Hockin • February 3, 2021

With the turning of a new year, one already defined by both hopes provided by a vaccine and renewed fears due to new virus strains around the world, many question what a spring semester on BC’s campus will hold.

BC Records Largest Number of Non-Undergrad Cases of COVID-19

Megan Kelly • December 22, 2020

Boston College reported three new undergraduate and seven new non-undergraduate cases of COVID-19 out of 2,245 tests in the Friday update of its COVID-19 dashboard, a community positivity rate of .45 percent.

BC Reports Three New Undergraduate Cases of COVID-19 as Finals Week Begins

Megan Kelly • December 15, 2020

Boston College reported three new undergraduate cases of COVID-19 out of 1,437 undergraduate tests since the Sunday update of its COVID-19 dashboard, a positivity rate of .21 percent.

Heading Into Finals Week, BC Reports One New Undergraduate Case of COVID-19

Megan Kelly • December 14, 2020

Boston College reported one new undergraduate case of COVID-19 out of 2,797 undergraduate tests since the Thursday update of its COVID-19 dashboard, a positivity rate of .04 percent.

BC Reports .23 Percent Undergrad Positivity Rate, Looks Toward Next Semester

Megan Kelly • December 11, 2020

Boston College reported six new undergraduate cases of COVID-19 out of 2,605 undergraduate tests since the Tuesday update of its COVID-19 dashboard, a positivity rate of .23 percent. The updated numbers...

BC Records Five New Undergraduate Cases of COVID-19

Megan Kelly • December 8, 2020

Boston College reported five new undergraduate cases of COVID-19 out of 2,119 undergraduate tests since the Friday update of its COVID-19 dashboard, a positivity rate of .24 percent.

BC Reports 14 New Undergraduate Cases of COVID-19

Megan Kelly • December 4, 2020

Boston College reported 14 new undergraduate cases of COVID-19 out of 3,174 undergraduate tests since the Tuesday update of its COVID-19 dashboard, a positivity rate of .44 percent.

BC Reports 28 New Undergraduate Cases of COVID-19

Megan Kelly • December 2, 2020

The University reported 28 new undergraduate cases of COVID-19 out of the 3,903 undergraduate tests since the Thursday update of its COVID-19 dashboard, a positivity rate of 0.72 percent.

BC Records Highest Number of Students in Isolation, Cites Student Behavior

Scott Baker • November 30, 2020

Boston College reported 17 new undergraduate cases of COVID-19 out of the 2,257 tests performed, a positivity rate of .75 percent, in its Thursday update of its COVID-19 dashboard.

Seventy-Six BC Students in Isolation Ahead of Thanksgiving Holiday

Scott Baker • November 25, 2020

Seventy-six undergraduates were in isolation housing as of Tuesday after testing positive for COVID-19, the largest number since Sept. 17, when 85 students were in isolation.