6 more students test positive for COVID-19, 12 students recover

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3 additional students test positive for COVID-19.

By Northern Star Staff

DeKALB — NIU announced Thursday that six additional students and one employee has tested positive for the coronavirus, and 12 students have recovered, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Thursday, 47 students and nine employees are currently COVID-19 positive.

The dashboard’s cumulative testing statistics show a total of 476 Huskies that have tested positive for COVID-19, and 420 have recovered.

As of Thursday at 3:20 p.m., NIU is at 14.7%  quarantine and isolation use.