New York Times survey of more than 1,700 American colleges and universities reveals more than 252,000 coronavirus cases and at least 80 deaths since the pandemic began
Thousands of new coronavirus cases continue to emerge on college campuses. A New York Times survey of more than 1,700 American colleges and universities — including every four-year public institution and every private college that competes in N.C.A.A. sports — has revealed more than 252,000 cases and at least 80 deaths since the pandemic began.
Most of the cases have been announced since students returned to campus for the fall term. Most of the deaths were reported in the spring and involved college employees, not students.
But at least three students — Jamain Stephens, a football player at California University of Pennsylvania; Chad Dorrill, a sophomore at Appalachian State; and Bethany Nesbitt, a student at Grace College — have died in recent weeks after contracting the virus.
