NEW: There are now over 60,000 new COVID cases on college campuses since August.

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6. I'm sorry if your college seems to be lax

I probably over estimated based on my personal experience so I went back to do some research.

What I do know is that Ohio State and Illinois are testing every single week for example. That accounts for about 5% of those totals alone.

Other schools are a little more complicated. In some cases, they don't mandate weekly but they did require testing upon/before arrival. This doesn't rise to the level of testing that I suggested but certainly would have caught a bunch of sleepers that typical community testing would not have. Those in turn, led to contact tracing and new tests on related cases as well.

Other schools have some really unique approaches that limit testing while still identifying the right people to test. University of Arizona is testing dormitory wastewater for traces of the virus. When found, they then test specific residents to track it down.

Overall, I would say I was overzealous in my statement since there does seem to be a wide variety of policies. But I still see a significant chunk of these numbers coming from locations that are doing way more testing than normal. But I will concede that it is not as widespread as it needs to be.