By Jordan Green, News Editor
Northwestern Oklahoma State University has 10 active cases of the coronavirus, university officials said Sept. 18.
One university employee has tested positive for the virus. The other nine cases are student cases.
The total number of positive COVID-19 cases among Northwestern students and employees includes cases at all of the university’s campuses in Alva, Enid, and Woodward.
Officials did not identify the people who tested positive for the virus.
Officials first reported on Aug. 28 the number of students who have COVID-19. At the time, six students had tested positive for it.
University officials will report the number of active COVID-19 cases each Friday on the university’s website.
To see the number of cases on all campuses, visit https://www.nwosu.edu/coronavirus/active-covid-19-cases-nwosu.
As of press time Wednesday, the City of Alva had 84 cases of the virus, an increase of 57 since Sept. 17. Twenty-seven of the people who tested positive for the virus have recovered, leaving 57 active cases in the city.
No one in the city has died from the virus, officials said.
Woods County had 96 positive COVID-19 cases as of press time.