Los Angeles County Coronavirus Update: COVID Hits USC Students And Faculty Hard As Virus Spreads To Younger Population - Deadline

A coronavirus outbreak has hit USC’s fraternity row, where about 40 people tested positive for COVID-19, USC Student Health’s chief health officer Dr.

“A significant number of the cases were associated with four fraternity houses,” Van Orman said.

County at large confirmed 2,628 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday.

To date, the county has identified 185,872 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A.

“By increasing our testing capacity, we will be able to more quickly capture and contain sources of infection,” Van Orman said

The population surveillance testing program, named “Pop Testing,” is scheduled to begin next month with current summer campus constituents and expand to the larger campus populations throughout the fall semester

7/30: Student Health Announces “Pop Testing” for COVID-19 @studenthealthsc is initiating population testing (“Pop. Testing”) of COVID-19 with the external company, @Color, to begin the week of 08/03 as part of our overall testing strategy

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