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Person living in UC Irvine housing tests positive for coronavirus

Orange County Register, March 21, 2020

March 21, 2020

Person living in UC Irvine housing tests positive for coronavirus

UC Irvine officials on Saturday, March 21 said a resident living in the university’s graduate student housing tested positive for the coronavirus. In a tweet, UCI Police said the resident is isolated. The risk of others contacting the virus from the resident is low, the department said. The resident, who is not a student, is believed to be the first living in UC Irvine’s student housing to have tested positive for the coronavirus.