 At UC Berkeley, COVID cases are peaking, hitting especially hard at the dorms. University Health Services found over 260 positive COVID cases and that's just in the last two weeks. I'm definitely worried. You can see I'm wearing two masks right now. Freshman dorms are especially hard hit. The person that lives next to me tested positive like a few days ago. Surgeon cases prompted campus officials to order students in residence halls to stay in their rooms. The university is trying to limit the spread by making students wear masks while in common spaces and shared restrooms. I'd say it's like getting pretty isolating for people. Sitting in like one box, waking up, going to the bathroom, doing your classes all in the same space is kind of like what I think a lot of people came here to get away from. Students who test positive or are exposed to the virus are transferred to the foothill dorm to quarantine. I actually see on some floors that like a lot of the curtains are drawn and maybe like an entire row of people like the rooms are dark and then you go oh shoot like those guys were sent to foothill. When I got the call I was so nervous like oh my god this is such an inconvenience and then I have to go to foothill. I have projects and assignments like I don't know how I'm going to move. Students on lockdown can leave for medical services such as COVID testing and to get food provided by the university. For lunch we just pick up like a to-go box maybe some like fruit drinks things like that and then for dinner we go there we pick up the same stuff but we also pick up next morning's breakfast. I think they're being there but I think they started it really late. After winter break there was a 10 day sequester period but some students say it was hardly enforced. Mostly not very many people where anyone followed it. The surges believed to be tied to small gatherings. I've been seeing a lot of kind of irresponsible behavior happening. Definitely heard of like people having kickbacks and stuff. University Health Services provides contact tracing isolation and quarantine rooms and twice a week testing for Berkeley students. Jessica had COVID last December and said going through the quarantine process was difficult. I could barely do it. The days were so long and like that was that was truly awful. Twelve months into the pandemic campus officials are still urging students to follow basic safety guidelines. Wear your mask, practice social distancing, get tested regularly and avoid gatherings. Amanda Ramirez, Cal TV News.