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MCC Daily Tribune

College Update on COVID-19 Testing Efforts & Cases

To date, MCC has completed 5,524 COVID-19 pooled tests, resulting in a 0.40% positivity rate. MCC’s Applied Technologies Center, Brighton Campus and Public Safety Training Facility remain in yellow precautionary zones; the Downtown Campus is in an orange warning zone.

Since our last report on Jan. 11, the Monroe County Department of Public Health has notified the College of 0 positive cases of COVID-19 among students and employees. According to MCC Health Services:

  • 0 students are isolating on campus
  • 24 students are isolating off campus
  • 18 students are in mandatory quarantine off campus
  • 26 students are in precautionary quarantine off campus

Mandatory pooled (saliva) testing sessions for students and employees who plan to come to the Applied Technologies Center, Brighton Campus and Downtown Campus during the spring semester (for any reason) will be held on the following dates:

  • 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Monday, Jan. 25
  • 3:30-5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 25 (note new afternoon session)
  • 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26

No appointment necessary. Sessions are held in the Warshof Conference Center, Flynn Campus Center (Monroe A/B) on the Brighton Campus. Please complete your COVID-19 self-assessment prior to coming to campus. visit the MCC Updates & Resources web pages for the latest updates.  

MCC adheres to federal, state and county guidelines and requires mask wearing, social distancing, hand washing, respiratory etiquette and daily health self-assessments on campus.

Questions? Please contact us at covid19response@monroecc.edu.

Monroe County and Finger Lakes Regional Update

  • On Monday, Jan. 18, Monroe County announced 300 new COVID-19 cases. The seven-day rolling average positivity rate is 6.6%.
  • The Finger Lakes region’s 7-day rolling average of available hospital beds is 33%. The 7-day rolling average of ICU beds available is 23%. The Finger Lakes region includes Monroe, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates counties.

Rosanna Yule
Government and Community Relations
01/19/2021