Test results: Just 1 in 1,000 college students are positive for COVID-19 in and around Mass.
The rate is about one-tenth the positivity rate for the general population in the area.
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Of the approximately 400,000 coronavirus tests it has processed for area colleges, the Broad Institute research center of M.I.T. and Harvard has found that less than one in 1,000 college students has tested positive for the virus in Massachusetts and in nearby states, the Cambridge-based institute has said.
As students have been returning to campus in recent weeks, the institute has been taking in a much larger number of tests from higher education institutions, mostly in Massachusetts, including MIT, Harvard, and Northeastern, as well as from other states in New England and in New York. Of the tests that have come from colleges or universities, just 0.1 percent have been positive, according to The Boston Globe.
Broad Institute has conducted over 1 million tests overall – it hit the seven-figure milestone on Sunday, WBUR reported.
“So far we’ve processed almost 400,000 tests — at least that’s what it was yesterday — for the college program,” Stacey Gabriel, Broad’s director, told the radio station on Monday. “And the rate of positivity so far overall is less than one in a thousand tests.”
That’s far lower than the state average, which sits at about 1 percent, according to WBUR. The institute processes over 40,000 tests per day, and along with higher education, it also takes in tests from area hot spots, homeless shelters, and from nursing homes. Most results are released within 24 hours.
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