4 more students, 2 employees test positive for COVID-19

Patrick Murphy Northern Star

Four additional students test positive for COVID-19.

By Northern Star Staff

DeKALB — NIU announced Thursday that four additional students and two employees have tested positive for the coronavirus, and three students have recovered, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Thursday, 39 students and seven employees are currently COVID-19 positive.

The dashboard’s cumulative testing statistics show a total of 572 Huskies that have tested positive for COVID-19, and 526 have recovered.

As of  Thursday at 3:00 p.m., NIU is at 6.7%  quarantine and isolation use, this is a 1.2% increase from Wednesday.