Covid Levels
Minnesota State University, Mankato’s goal is to mitigate the potential for transmission of COVID-19 within our campus and additional locations. Achieving this goal requires full cooperation among students, employees, and members of our campus community. Only through a cooperative effort, can we establish and maintain the safety and health of our University.
Total Students with Active Cases
The applicability of the color phase is determined by the President’s Cabinet and is based on factors contained in this guidance from the Minnesota Department of Health along with advice from campus and local public health officials. Below is a summary of the levels, corresponding actions, and some of the main indicators that inform the setting of the safety level.
On August 19, 2020, the Minnesota Department of Health recommended that colleges and universities should start their fall 2020 semester in yellow status.
Safety Level Descriptions
Green: Transmission levels seen as manageable
- Isolation and Quarantine <50 percent full
- K-12 indicators <10 cases per 10,000 over two weeks
Yellow: Transmission levels are beginning to tax campus resources
Consider extra mitigation efforts like canceling campus events and limiting social gatherings.
- >1 percent of campus students infected within 14-day period
- Isolation and quarantine 50 to 75 percent full
Orange: Transmission levels have further depleted or exhausted institutional resources
Consider scaling back in-person student support services and canceling specific class sections or campus events.
- >3 percent of campus students infected within a 14-day period
- Isolation and quarantine >75 percent full
Red: Transmission levels have significantly depleted institutional resources
Suspend in-person activities and shift to remote-only operations.
- Additional mitigation efforts do not improve indicators over a 14-day period
