In a statement, the council said it supported Duke's shelter-in-place directive and has a hotline and email that it will utilize to receive complaints of infractions and relay those to the university. Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations at Duke, said most of last week's cases came from recruitment parties held off campus by "unsanctioned fraternities."Īmid changes to the rush process and other restrictions because of the coronavirus, nine fraternities decided to sever ties with the university and form a group called the Durham Interfraternity Council, which has more than 700 members. The spike at Duke comes as transmission is decreasing across the state and country, though health officials insist it is too early to fully reopen schools and businesses and lift mask mandates.
A total of 241 cases were reported during the entire fall semester.
The vast majority of the 231 new cases reported from March 8 through Sunday occurred within the university's undergraduate student population, which accounts for only about 0.06% of North Carolina's population of 10.5 million people, but whose cases account for nearly 1.9% of the total number reported statewide last week.
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