April 29, 2021: May 5 Town Hall announced and MetroSafe update

Posted Friday, May 7, 2021 | Announcements to Students

Town Hall with Metro's Recovery Planning Steering Group, May 5, 2–3:30 p.m.

The Recovery Planning Steering Group invites Metropolitan State community members to the May virtual Town Hall. Learn more about the university’s ongoing and evolving plans to begin transitioning more functions and working groups back to campus locations, and hear what steps are being taken to center student and employee safety. Join the meeting on Zoom at:

https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/93583107187?pwd=cEJjYnJxemhhcm1OWFprODhWb1N2QT09
Meeting ID: 935 8310 7187
Passcode: 526458
One tap mobile: +19292056099,,93583107187# US (New York)
+13017158592,,93583107187# US (Washington DC)

COVID-19 campus exposure update

For the week of April 21–April 27, Metropolitan State has reported 6 COVID-19 cases to the Minnesota State dashboard among individuals associated with our campus. Of these individuals, one was thought to be infectious while on campus. The data reported is shown below:

Students—Week of 4/21/2021 - 4/27/2021 / Total from 08/24/2020 - 4/27/2021

Case Number/ Total Reports—6 / 362

Negative—0 / 87

Unknown/ Unconfirmed—0 / 0

Positive (Reported to System Dashboard)—6 / 275

Contagious while on campus—1 / 21

Not Contagious or Not on Campus—5 / 254

Recovered (Isolation has ended)—3 / 272

Employees—Week of 4/21/2021 - 4/27/2021 / Total from 08/24/2020 - 4/27/2021

Case Number/ Total Reports—0 / 24

Negative—0 / 0

Unknown/ Unconfirmed—0 / 1

Positive (Reported to System Dashboard)—0 / 18

Contagious while on campus—0 / 2

Not Contagious or Not on Campus—0 / 21

Recovered (Isolation has ended)—0 / 16

Data may not be comprehensive or in real-time due to testing and reporting delays and are subject to change. Individuals, particularly those that have been at one of our locations, are also encouraged to report any COVID-19 health updates through our reporting form. As part of the Minnesota State system and in conjunction with the Minnesota Department of Health, Metropolitan State posts a link to the Minnesota State COVID-19 dashboard on the website.

The overall Minnesota COVID situation remains finely balanced between variant-driven case increases and the benefits of rising vaccination rates. During the week of April 15, the state reported 1,973 positive cases of COVID-19. Meanwhile, the state is reporting 2,349,6787 people with at least one vaccine dose, and 1,674,747 people in the state have completed the vaccine series as of April 15.