Association of Shared Living Spaces and COVID-19 in University Students, Wisconsin, USA, 2020

Abstract

We describe characteristics associated with having coronavirus disease (COVID-19) among students residing on a university campus. Of 2,187 students, 528 (24.1%) received a COVID-19 diagnosis during fall semester 2020. Students sharing a bedroom or suite had approximately twice the odds of contracting COVID-19 as those living alone.

Keywords

• COVID-19
• SARS-CoV-2
• coronavirus disease 2019
• severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
• viruses
• respiratory infections