UPDATE: Two more Georgia Tech students test positive for COVID-19

UPDATE: Georgia Tech said Thursday two students have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to three students from the school with the disease.

One of the students who tested positive was last on campus on March 12 and the other was last on campus on March 13, Georgia Tech said on its website. Both reported their symptoms started several days after leaving campus while on Spring Break.

The conditions of these two students was not immediately available Thursday, a spokesman said.

On Monday, Georgia Tech reported an unidentified male student traveled out of state with friends the first weekend of Spring Break tested positive. The student was last actively on campus on March 11, officials said.

There have been more than 1,500 confirmed cases and 48 deaths from the novel coronavirus in Georgia, state officials said Thursday.

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