Estimated Active and Recovered Cases
Guidance from the CDC provides that persons with COVID-19 who experience mild symptoms may end their isolation five full days after the onset of symptoms and no sooner than 24 hours after being fever-free without the use of fever-relieving medication and symptoms have improved. The CDC guidance also provides that persons who tested positive yet never experienced symptoms may end their isolation five days after their first positive test.
Persons who meet the criteria to end isolation after five days must continue to wear a well-fitting face for five additional days when around others to minimize the risk of infecting people they encounter.
The following calculations are determined as follows:
- Estimated Active Cases – The number of estimated active cases is the difference between the total number of reported positive cases and the number of estimated recovered cases.
- Estimated Recovered Cases – We conservatively estimate that a person has recovered five days after the University first received notice of the person’s positive test result. Our model may overestimate the number of active cases since we rely on the reported positive test date rather than the first date of symptoms. We use the date of testing since we do not know the date the person first experienced symptoms.
Note: For clarity, this table does not include data from pre-arrival testing results because those results were derived from testing that took place off campus and before students returned.
Active Cases and Recoveries Data
Positive Cases |
Estimated Active |
Estimated Recovered |
Total
1,241 | Total
17 | Total
1,224 |
| Students
15 | Students
1,106 |
| Employees
2 | Employees
118 |
Reported Cases and Recoveries by Week
The following chart represents the total number of positive COVID-19 cases and estimated recoveries among Ball State University students and employees by week.