No additional students, employees test positive for COVID-19 Tuesday

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Patrick Murphy Northern Star

Four additional students test positive for COVID-19.

By Northern Star Staff
February 2, 2021

DeKALB — NIU announced Tuesday that no 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 Tuesday, 29 students and three employees are currently COVID-19 positive.

The dashboard’s cumulative testing statistics show a total of 702 Huskies that have tested positive for COVID-19, and 670 have recovered.

As of Tuesday at 3 p.m., NIU is at a 3.7% quarantine and isolation use, a 1.2% decrease from Monday.

What to do if you test positive

Faculty, staff and students are to complete the COVID-19 Checklist if diagnosed with COVID-19, have symptoms of COVID-19 or have been exposed to someone diagnosed with COVID-19.