UPDATE: UCLA puts the count at 24, but who is being counted?

Updates on confirmed cases among the UCLA campus community

Last Updated April 18, 2020

Currently, 24 people among the UCLA campus community have been confirmed by medical professionals to have COVID-19 and have reported their diagnoses to UCLA.

Consistent with the protocols for infectious disease response, anyone identified within our campus community as being at risk of exposure from these individuals will be notified if they need to be isolated or tested.

The increased availability of testing for COVID-19 will reveal more cases in our campus and local communities. To help slow the spread of COVID-19, maintain a safe distance from others, wash your hands regularly, and cough or sneeze into tissues or your sleeve. 

Information on confirmed cases:

• April 17: A student who lives in off-campus, non–university-owned housing and has not been on campus since April 12.
• April 16: A staff member who has not worked on campus since April 11.
• April 15: A staff member who has not worked on campus since April 11. A student who lives in off-campus, non–university-owned housing and has not been on campus since March 27.
• April 14: Three staff members. One has not worked on campus since April 11, one since April 6 and the third since March 17.
• April 10: Two students who live in off-campus, non–university-owned housing. One has not been on campus since Dec. 13, the other since Feb. 29.
• April 8: A student who lives in off-campus, non–university-owned housing and has not been on campus since March 10.
• April 4: Two staff members. One has not worked on campus since March 31, the other since March 18.
• April 3: A staff member who has not worked on campus since March 18. A student who lives in off-campus, non–university-owned housing and has not been on campus since March 13.
• April 2: A staff member who has not worked on campus since March 10.
• April 1: Two students who live in off-campus, non–university-owned housing. One has not been on campus since March 10, the other since March 14.

• March confirmed cases
• Source: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/confirmed-cases
• As we noted yesterday, these official counts from UCLA are inconsistent from a finding reported in the LA Times that at least 175 health care workers at UCLA have confirmed cases. So far, there has been no response from the university to the Times' story. Why not? For the Times' article, see https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-17/california-healthcare-workers-hospitals-coronavirus-pandemic. There is only this story from UCLA:
• UCLA Newsroom | April 17, 2020
  Buildings across campus glowed as blue beacons of hope and to honor health care workers, first responders, and all the other essential workers keeping our communities fed, protected and functional during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Royce Hall, Powell Library and Covel Commons on April 16 joined other buildings and landmarks across Los Angeles and the world as part of the #LightItBlue campaign, which takes place every Thursday.

  “UC’s motto is Fiat Lux — ‘Let There Be Light’ — and beginning last night and continuing each Thursday, we are bathing our campus landmarks in Bruin blue, also using the power of that light to connect us all to each other and to our hopes for better tomorrows,” UCLA Chancellor Gene Block wrote in a message to the campus community.
• Source: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/ucla-lights-it-blue-to-show-appreciation-for-those-protecting-our-communities
• The question is, if we are leaving health care workers out of the count, just how blue we really are:
• or direct to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C1vJ2Z8aI0.
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