COVID-19


About this data

The News' COVID-19 dashboard is based on data from the Yale COVID-19 Statistics webpage, which reflects data for both Yale's asymptomatic testing program as well as tests given to symptomatic students. Yale's data is generally delayed by two to three days, and the News updates our dashboard each time Yale publicly releases its latest counts. Yale has de-duplicated these numbers so that students who test positive multiple times are only counted the first time, and so that total tests given reflects the number of unique individuals tested on a single day. The News' data begins on January 8th, 2021.

Visualizations by Omar Chishti and Daniel Kim.

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Campus to open for first years, juniors and seniors for fall semester

Though nearly all Yale College classes will be taught remotely in the fall, the University will welcome first years, juniors and seniors to on-campus housing, […]

Yale launches free coronavirus screening program

As the University finalizes its plans for the fall, Yale has launched a coronavirus screening program to offer free viral testing for all students, faculty […]

Letter grades for next fall, admins say

Last semester’s universal pass/fail system will not continue this fall, administrators wrote in a Monday email to students. Instead, students will take their largely online […]

Fall 2020: More than half of Yalies consider time off if classes go online

The News surveyed Yale College students from the classes of 2021 through 2023 about their opinions regarding online learning.

Yale to go test-optional for next admissions cycle

In light of the global coronavirus pandemic, Yale’s admissions office has moved toward greater leniency in application requirements for the upcoming admissions cycle. Last week, […]

Yale to prepare for “residential/remote” model for fall 2020

In an email on Thursday, University administrators instructed faculty members to plan their undergraduate and graduate courses in accordance with “a residential/remote model” — a […]

Some researchers express reservations about safe return to labs

Away for several months because of the coronavirus pandemic, Yale’s researchers are finally starting to return to their labs. But even though University leadership gave […]

Internal slides detail potential plan for fall

As students await an official Yale College announcement about the fall semester, notes from a Tuesday faculty meeting outlined  details of ongoing academic planning — […]

“How long will I need to be in here?”: The “Elder Statesman” dies after contracting COVID-19 in NY prison

As Benjamin Smalls looked out of his window from his hospital bed in Poughkeepsie, New York, he told his daughter he was grateful for the […]

Students question move-out policies

Members of the Class of 2020 now have instructions for how to retrieve their on-campus belongings, but for many, the guidelines raise concerns about whether […]

Yale announces fall semester calendar changes, online finals

Months after Yale first moved classes online in light of the coronavirus pandemic, the University’s academic calendar outlines a fall semester with slight changes, although […]