{"id":70522,"date":"2021-08-13T09:33:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T13:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/?p=70522"},"modified":"2022-02-10T15:45:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T20:45:32","slug":"staring-down-another-covid-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/staring-down-another-covid-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Staring down a(nother) COVID surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Medical communities across the world continue to sound the alarm about the Delta COVID-19 variant, which is causing severe disease, hospitalizations, and death, particularly among those who are unvaccinated.<\/p>\n<h2>Monroe County data<\/h2>\n<p>Here in Monroe County, we are at a significant fork in the COVID crossroads:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Infection rates currently top 4%\u2014a rate not seen since late January<\/li>\n<li>The 7-day rolling average of new cases is over 150 new cases per day<\/li>\n<li>Hospitalizations at Strong Memorial related to COVID have doubled since July 31<\/li>\n<li>The number of employees reporting COVID exposures has spiked in recent days<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To see the latest data on cases in the University community specifically, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/health-and-safety\/confirmed-cases-of-covid-19\/\">COVID-19 dashboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Our health care workers, who have helped our community through the last two surges, need all of us to pitch in and do everything we can to tamp down what surely is looking like a third wave of COVID.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medical communities across the world continue to sound the alarm about the Delta COVID-19 variant, which is causing severe disease, hospitalizations, and death, particularly among those who are unvaccinated. 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This is a distinct program from the required testing for faculty and staff who chose not to or cannot be vaccinated.\n\nThe testing will occur on the fifth day <strong>after<\/strong> exposure and will be free to employees so long as it is coordinated with Employee Health.\n\nTesting procedures remain unchanged for asymptomatic unvaccinated employees and all symptomatic employees.","background_color":"#f4f4f4","width":"width-medium"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"<h2>Message from URMC Chief Medical Officer<\/h2>","content":"\u201cWe MUST use every available weapon in our tool kit to keep our faculty, staff, students, patients, and visitors safe, and prevent another surge of COVID in our community,\u201d says Michael Apostolakos, MD, the University of Rochester\u2019s Chief Medical Officer.\n\n\u201cOur health care workers, who have helped our community through the last two surges, need all of us to pitch in and do everything we can to tamp down what surely is looking like a third wave of COVID.\u201d","background_color":"#ffffff","width":"width-medium"},{"acf_fc_layout":"interstitial","anchor_id":"","classes":"","layout":"layout_inline","lead-in":"Learn more","title":"<h2>Keep Rochester safe<\/h2>","content":"See an overview of the latest health and safety guidelines on University campuses on our Keep Rochester safe page. 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