Dozens of students at McGill University are testing positive for COVID-19 according to their peers, but the university is not counting most of those cases in its official tally, because they happened off-campus. Jacob Rothery, a student living in the so-called McGill ghetto in Montreal's Milton Park neighbourhood next to the university, tested positive for COVID-19 this week. Jacob Rothery, who is studying political science at McGill University, is one of several in his group of friends who have been diagnosed with COVID-19. (Submitted by Jacob Rothery)Thom Haghighat is another McGill student who is self-isolating, after he and his roommate tested positive for COVID-19. (Justin Hayward/CBC)Some students say the university should include the numbers of students who test positive off-campus, as well.

Source: CBC News September 25, 2020 21:56 UTC