2 more students, 1 employee test positive for COVID-19

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

By Northern Star Staff

DeKALB — NIU announced Tuesday that two additional students and one employee have tested positive for the coronavirus, and one student has recovered, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Tuesday, 19 students and one employee are currently COVID-19 positive.

The dashboard’s cumulative testing statistics show a total of 315 Huskies that have tested positive for COVID-19, and 295 have recovered.

As of Tuesday at 3:10 p.m., NIU is at 3.5% quarantine and isolation use. This is a 2.1% decrease from Monday.