3 more students test positive for COVID-19, 9 students recover

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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 nine recovered, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Friday, 55 students and six employees are currently COVID-19 positive.

The dashboard’s cumulative testing stats show a total of 293 Huskies that have tested positive for COVID-19, and 232 have recovered.

As of Friday at 2:55 p.mm., NIU is at 11.2% quarantine and isolation use. This is a 15.1% decrease from Thursday.