September 4, 2020
Campus Community,
I write providing an update about our collaborative efforts with the Missoula City-County Health Department regarding current and accurate information about the prevalence of COVID-19 in our campus community.
MCCHD is the statistical reporting entity for our county and is the only source for current and accurate data on cases among the entire UM community - Ñý¼§Ö±²¥, staff and faculty. MCCHD has confirmed they are able to provide to us - and share publicly - weekly data on the following indicators:
- Total historical cases associated with UM (since Aug. 12)
- Current active cases associated with UM
- New number of cases each week
- Average number of close contacts per case
- Number of UM Ñý¼§Ö±²¥, staff and faculty currently in isolation and quarantine.
I am grateful for the tremendous partnership of the MCCHD team and for their hard work in compiling and sharing this data with our campus community.
Thank you, and I wish you all a safe and healthy Labor Day weekend.
Seth