4 more students now COVID-19 positive, 27 students recover

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Disposable face mask lays in the grass outside NIU’s Founder’s Memorial Library.

By Northern Star Staff

DeKALB — NIU announced Monday four additional students have tested positive for the coronavirus, and 27 recovered, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Monday, 32 students and five employees are currently COVID-19 positive.

The dashboard’s cumulative testing stats show a total of 297 Huskies that have tested positive for COVID-19, and 260 have recovered.

As of Monday at 3:50 p.m., NIU is at 9% quarantine and isolation use. This is a 2.2% decrease from Friday.