2 more students test positive for COVID-19, 1 student recovers

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As of Thursday, two students and no employees are currently COVID-19 positive.

By Northern Star Staff

DeKALB — NIU announced Friday that two additional students and no employees have tested positive for the coronavirus, and one student has recovered, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Friday, 31 students and six employees are currently COVID-19 positive.

The dashboard’s cumulative testing statistics show a total of 692 Huskies that have tested positive for COVID-19, and 655 have recovered.

As of Friday at 3 p.m., NIU is at a 3.1% quarantine and isolation use, the same as Thursday.