Cases of COVID-19 at Michigan State University seem to be on the decline, but the numbers may not reveal the entire picture.
The Ingham County Health Department reports that MSU student and employee positive COVID-19 cases are down from a peak of 629 during the week of September 7th to 63 last week.
Those numbers only include those who got tested in Ingham County, and may not reflect people who self-reported a positive test to MSU.
County Health Officer Linda Vail says normally, every case would lead to another three or four people getting infected. Noting that the virus can take up to two weeks to show up, she’s concerned that a dramatic decline in numbers might point to people choosing not to get tested.
“What that tells is me is that that drop in cases, after that many, just doesn’t…it just is not adding up right,” said Vail.
Vail says she’s working with MSU to increase testing.