AMHERST, MASS. (WHDH) - The University of Massachusetts — Amherst is continuing to deal with an increase of coronavirus cases.
A total of 123 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed since Aug. 6, according to the university’s website.
Students accounted for 117 of those positive cases, with 116 of them being off-campus.
Roughly three-quarters of the cases have been reported in the last two weeks.
UMass Amherst has conducted more than 70,000 COVID-19 tests since the beginning of August, including about 48,000 tests for off-campus students living in the area.
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