Officials from the Town of Hanover are pointing towards off-campus parties as the cause of Dartmouth College’s COVID-19 spike.
According to WMUR, there are currently a total of 142 infected staff and students on-campus, with 294 other individuals currently in quarantine. Classes at the school have gone remote.
Hanover Town Manager Julia Griffin states that several off-campus gatherings deemed “cruise-through parties” could be to blame for the increase in cases. Griffin said, “I think they were smart. They say they never had nine more, plus our tenants, but then that group would leave that location and another group would come in.” Griffin also believes that COVID-19 precautions were not being taken at the gatherings.
The town reportedly plans on sending a warning to students in off-campus housing.
Griffin states that the cases are currently confined to the Hanover campus, and that there is no current indication of spread throughout the community.
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