8 more students, 2 employees test positive for COVID-19
A mask is taped to NIU’s Olive Goyle statue next to Altgeld Hall. NIU has made changes to mask guidelines on campus, following Pritzker’s plan to lift mandates.
November 6, 2020
DeKALB — NIU announced Friday that eight additional students and two employees have tested positive for the coronavirus, and seven students have recovered, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Friday, 52 students and 11 employees are currently COVID-19 positive.
The dashboard’s cumulative testing statistics show a total of 446 Huskies that have tested positive for COVID-19, and 383 have recovered.
As of Friday at 3:15 p.m., NIU is at 12.3% quarantine and isolation use, this is a 0.6% increase from Thursday.