AUSTIN, Texas - 44 students from the University of Texas at Austin have tested positive for the virus and are self-isolating as of April 1.
Initially, 28 students had tested positive. Two weeks ago, the Austin Public Health Department began an investigation after a cluster of positive COVID-19 cases formed after a group of young travelers returned from a spring break vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Approximately 70 people in their 20’s departed in a chartered plane for a spring break trip, amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to APH.
Some of the group returned on separate commercial flights. "The university is working closely with Austin Public Health to assist in contact tracing," said J.B.