Five more students now COVID-19 positive

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Three students and no employees test positive for COVID-19.

By Northern Star Staff
September 15, 2020

DeKALB — NIU announced Tuesday five additional students have tested positive for the coronavirus, and 19 more students and one employee have recovered from COVID-19, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Tuesday, 58 students and two employees are currently COVID-19 positive. 

The dashboard’s cumulative testing stats show a total of 182 Huskies who have tested positive for the coronavirus, and 122 Huskies have recovered. 

As of Tuesday at 3:45 p.m., NIU is at 12.71% quarantine and isolation use, according to the dashboard. This is a 6.79% decrease from Monday. 

NIU COVID-19 Helpline

Faculty, staff and students can contact the NIU COVID-19 Helpline at 815-753-0444 if they’ve been diagnosed with COVID-19, have COVID-19 symptoms or have been exposed to someone diagnosed with COVID-19.