AMES, Iowa (AP) - Another 75 students have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus as they moved back to campus at Iowa State University, the university announced Friday.
The university is testing all students living in residence halls or on-campus housing at they move in before classes start Monday.
The 75 students were among 3,472 students tested between Aug. 7 and Thursday, which represents a 2.2% positivity rate, the university said.
That is the same positivity rate reported last week when 66 positive cases were found among the 3,037 students tested.
The university reserved two halls for students with positive tests to quarantine or isolate, or they may quarantine at home if they wish, university officials said.
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