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September 18, 2020

COVID rates soar in college towns as students return

By CASEY SMITH, IRENA HWANG and COLLIN BINKLEY
Associated Press

MUNCIE, Ind. — Just two weeks after students started returning to Ball State University last month, the surrounding county had become Indiana's coronavirus epicenter.

Out of nearly 600 students tested for the virus, more than half have been positive. Dozens of infections have been blamed on off-campus parties, prompting university officials to admonish students.


 
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