Three more students now COVID-19 positive

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A littered facemask lays along West Hillcrest Drive in DeKalb.

By Northern Star Staff

DeKALB — NIU announced Friday three additional students have tested positive for the coronavirus, and 13 more students have recovered from COVID-19, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Friday, 112 students and one employee are COVID-19 positive. 

The dashboard’s cumulative testing stats show a total of 166 Huskies have tested positive for the coronavirus, and 53 have recovered. 

As of Friday at 3:03 p.m., NIU is at 25.4% quarantine and isolation use, according to the dashboard. This is a 0.9% decrease from Thursday.