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The dashboard displays the number of UL Lafayette students, faculty and staff members who have tested positive for the virus.
When it launched in early September, the dashboard included confirmed, documented cases among students tested on campus, either at or in the . Student workers who provided documentation to the were included in the overall total as well.
The expanded dashboard now shows those cases alongside the number of students who have been tested off campus and have self-reported their positive results to the .
Dr. Jaimie Hebert is provost and vice president for . He co-chairs the task force that planned the safe resumption of on-campus instruction, activities and residential life this fall.
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The dashboard can be accessed here. It is updated by 5 p.m. daily to reflect the previous day小蝌蚪APP檚 cases. Those reported between Friday and Sunday are posted the following Monday.
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The dashboard displays a weekly case number as well as a running total that reflects cases reported since March 16. It also enables users to scan weekly totals starting in mid-March.
Hebert cautioned that frequent visitors to the dashboard will note an initial jump in cases now that additional student data has been posted.
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