Notre Dame cancels in-person classes for 2 weeks following rapid spread of the coronavirus — but football will go on

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• The University of Notre Dame announced Tuesday that it was suspending in-person classes for two weeks.
• The announcement came after 147 students tested positive for COVID-19, including 80 on Monday alone.
• "The virus is a formidable foe," Notre Dame President Rev. John Jenkins said Tuesday, according to the Wall Street Journal. "For the past week, it has been winning."
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When students returned to the University of Notre Dame campus just over a week ago, 33 tested positive for the coronavirus. That number is now 147, with an additional 80 positive cases reported on Monday alone, a surge that has led the school to cancel in-person classes for at least the next weeks.

"The virus is a formidable foe," Notre Dame President Rev. John Jenkins said Tuesday, according to the Wall Street Journal. "For the past week, it has been winning."

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