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Return of students causes big COVID spike

INDIANA, United States (AP) - Just two weeks after students started returning to Ball State University last month, the surrounding county had become Indiana's coronavirus epicentre.'Out of nearly 600 students tested for the virus, more than half have been positive. Dozens of infections have been blamed on off-campus parties, prompting university officials to admonish students.

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