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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


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Northwestern maintains no masking or testing policy changes, does not mention uptick in COVID-19 positivity

May 18, 2022

Though Vice President for Operations Luke Figora acknowledged the rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations in the Chicago-area in a Wednesday email, he did not discuss any changes to the lack of masking or testing...

While the University maintains that COVID-19 metrics on campus have been stabilizing, its positivity rate continues to reach record-breaking levels.

NU COVID-19 positivity rate continues to reach record-breaking numbers

May 13, 2022

Northwestern’s COVID-19 positivity rate reached its latest peak this week at 9.28%, rising almost two percentage points from last week’s positivity rate. As positivity rates continue to rise, the...

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NU COVID-19 positivity rate reaches highest of the pandemic as University announces it has no plans to increase mitigation measures

May 6, 2022

Northwestern’s positivity rate reached the highest reported throughout the pandemic at 7.40%, according to University data published Friday, with campus opened to full capacity and no changes to testing...

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Northwestern COVID-19 positivity rate stable amid decreasing testing on campus

May 1, 2022

Northwestern’s COVID-19 positivity rate has remained stable, while testing numbers have declined amid no University policy change in testing or masking. This week’s positivity rate of 5.12% represents...

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Northwestern COVID-19 positivity rate declines, still one of the highest reported since beginning of pandemic

April 24, 2022

While Northwestern’s COVID-19 positivity rate declined slightly this week, it remains on the higher end since the start of the pandemic. Last week’s positivity rate of 5.91% was the second highest...

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