7 more students test positive for COVID-19, 32 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 26, 2021
DeKALB — NIU announced Monday that seven additional students and no employees have tested positive for the coronavirus, and 32 students have recovered, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Monday, 50 students and two employees are currently COVID-19 positive.
The dashboard’s cumulative testing statistics show a total of 999 Huskies that have tested positive for COVID-19, and 947 have recovered.
As of Monday at 3 p.m., NIU is at a 13.5% quarantine and isolation use, an 8% decrease from Friday.
Surveillance testing
NIU administered 1,669 COVID-19 tests during the week of April 19 for surveillance testing. The positivity rate was 2.2%, with 37 recorded positive results, according to surveillance testing data.
Surveillance testing data is updated on the dashboard website every Monday, or on a Tuesday if a holiday falls on a Monday.