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The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson's COVID-19 testing center.

Emerson reports 14 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday

By Adri Pray / April 27, 2022

On Wednesday, Emerson reported 14 COVID-19 cases for Tuesday of the 682 tests administered, setting the daily positivity rate at 2.05 percent. The college...

Positive COVID-19 cases by semester.

Emerson reports 18 COVID-19 cases, spring semester hails case-count record

By Adri Pray / April 20, 2022

Emerson saw record COVID-19 numbers during the Spring 2022 semester. Outbreaks, new variants, and policy changes contributed to the cautionary campus environment...

The exterior of the COVID testing site.

Emerson reports nine COVID-19 cases on Tuesday

By Adri Pray / March 15, 2022

On Tuesday, Emerson reported nine COVID-19 tests for Monday of the 968 tests administered, setting the daily positivity rate at 0.93 percent. The college...

COVID testing site locating at 116 Harrison Avenue.

Emerson reports 14 COVID-19 cases Thursday

By Adri Pray / March 3, 2022

On Thursday, Emerson reported 14 positive COVID-19 tests for Wednesday of the 777 tests administered, setting the daily positivity rate at 1.80 percent. The...

COVID testing site locating at 116 Harrison Avenue.

Emerson reports 18 positive COVID-19 tests on Tuesday

By Adri Pray / March 1, 2022

On Tuesday, Emerson reported 18 COVID-19 tests for Monday of the 980 tests administered, setting the daily positivity rate at 1.84 percent. The college...

Emerson's COVID-19 testing center.

Emerson reports six COVID-19 tests over the weekend

By Adri Pray / February 28, 2022

On Monday, Emerson reported 6 COVID-19 tests for Saturday of the 179 tests administered, setting the daily positivity rate at 3.35 percent. No data was...

COVID testing site locating at 116 Harrison Avenue.

Emerson reports 17 COVID-19 cases on Thursday

By Adri Pray / February 24, 2022

On Thursday, Emerson reported 17 COVID-19 tests for Wednesday of the 737 tests administered, setting the daily positivity rate at 2.31 percent. The...

COVID testing site locating at 116 Harrison Avenue.

Zero COVID-19 cases reported over the long weekend

By Adri Pray / February 22, 2022

On Tuesday, Emerson reported zero COVID-19 tests for Friday and Saturday of the 432 tests administered, and no data was readily available for Sunday and...

The exterior of the COVID testing site.

Emerson reports four COVID-19 cases following announcement of updated policies

By Adri Pray / February 18, 2022

On Friday, Emerson reported four COVID-19 tests for Thursday of the 756 tests administered, setting the daily positivity rate at 0.53 percent. The college...

The exterior of the COVID testing site.

Emerson reports one COVID-19 test on Wednesday

By Adri Pray / February 16, 2022

On Wednesday, Emerson reported one positive COVID-19 test for Tuesday of the 605 tests administered, setting the daily positivity rate at 0.17 percent. The...

A sign of the COVID testing site of Emerson College and Tufts University.

Six-case COVID-19 spike reported Tuesday

By Adri Pray / February 15, 2022

On Tuesday, Emerson reported four positive COVID-19 tests on Monday of the 875 tests administered, setting the daily positivity rate at 0.69 percent. The...

COVID testing site locating at 116 Harrison Avenue.

Emerson reports one COVID-19 tests for the weekend

By Adri Pray / February 14, 2022

On Monday, Emerson reported one positive COVID-19 test on Saturday of the twenty tests administered and no information was readily available for Sunday. The...

COVID testing site locating at 116 Harrison Avenue.

Emerson reports two positive COVID-19 cases for Friday

By Adri Pray / February 12, 2022

On Friday, Emerson reported two positive COVID-19 tests of the 647 administered Thursday, setting the daily positivity rate at 0.31 percent. The college...

COVID testing site locating at 116 Harrison Avenue.

Emerson’s COVID-19 dashboard continues decline, Thursday sees two positives

By Adri Pray / February 3, 2022

Emerson reported two positive tests on Thursday out of the 1,122 administered Wednesday. The positivity rate sat at 0.18 percent. The college also reported...

COVID testing site locating at 116 Harrison Avenue.

Emerson reports seven positive COVID-19 tests

By Adri Pray / February 2, 2022

Emerson reported seven positive COVID-19 cases Wednesday of the 1,163 tests administered Tuesday, setting the daily positivity rate at 0.60 percent. Four...

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker.

Massachusetts reports average of 88 coronavirus cases in last seven days

By Camilo Fonseca, Assistant News Editor / July 4, 2021

Between June 28 and July 4, Massachusetts reported an average of 88 cases each day. In the same seven-day period, the death toll rose by 8.  Massachusetts...

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker

Massachusetts reports 31 new coronavirus cases

By Frankie Rowley / June 27, 2021

Massachusetts reported 31 new coronavirus cases Sunday, down from the 56 cases reported Saturday. The death toll rose by 1. Cases have fallen below...

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker.

Massachusetts reports 60 new coronavirus cases

By Frankie Rowley / June 25, 2021

Massachusetts reported 60 new coronavirus cases Friday, down from the 78 cases reported Thursday. The death toll rose by 1. Cases have fallen below...

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker.

Massachusetts reports 89 new coronavirus cases

By Frankie Rowley / June 7, 2021

Massachusetts reported 89 new coronavirus cases Monday, down from the 126 cases reported Sunday. The death toll rose by 4. Monday’s report marks the...

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker

Massachusetts reports 126 new coronavirus cases

By Frankie Rowley / June 6, 2021

Massachusetts reported 126 new coronavirus cases Sunday, down from the 216 cases reported Saturday. The death toll rose by 4. Sunday’s report marks...