One additional student tests positive for COVID-19

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Discarded face mask lays in an empty lot along Blackhawk Road in DeKalb on Thursday, June 11th.

By Northern Star Staff

DeKALB — NIU announced Wednesday that one additional student and no employees have tested positive for the coronavirus, and no students have recovered, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Wednesday, 32 students and four employees are currently COVID-19 positive.

The dashboard’s cumulative testing statistics show a total of 340 Huskies that have tested positive for COVID-19, and 304 have recovered.

As of  Wednesday at 3:50 p.m., NIU is at 5.5% quarantine and isolation use. This is a 0.6% decrease from Tuesday.