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.