As young people, it is our responsibility and our prerogative to do our part in flattening the curve.
The Daily Nexus is tracking the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the county and will be updating the graphs as more information becomes available.
The decision to postpone commencement comes two weeks after the university announced it would be transitioning to remote instruction through the end of April.
The coronavirus pandemic continues to hurt many local businesses, deserted by the normal stream of patrons who — for the most part — have no choice but to stay at home.
The newest confirmed coronavirus cases are residents between 22 to 59 years of age, with four cases in South County and two cases in North County.
The university and police will continue to implement their usual Deltopia-related restrictions in preparation for possible crowds.
The five new cases bring the total number of cases in Santa Barbara County to 18.
The meeting was held virtually in order to mitigate transmissions of coronavirus, and the Regents called upon public commenters who had signed up to speak.
The department is conducting an investigation as to how the three individuals contracted the virus, it said in the press release.
As of Fall Quarter 2019, there are 3,261 international undergraduate students attending UCSB — composing 14% of the campus population — as well as 914 international graduate students.