7 more students test positive for COVID-19, 4 students recover
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.
April 2, 2021
DeKALB — NIU announced Friday that seven students and no employees have tested positive for the coronavirus, and four students have recovered, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Friday, 26 students and one employee are currently COVID-19 positive.
The dashboard’s cumulative testing statistics show a total of 844 Huskies that have tested positive for COVID-19, and 817 have recovered.
As of Friday at 3 p.m., NIU is at a 6.7% quarantine and isolation use, a 0.7% decrease from Thursday.