DOBBS FERRY – A Mercy College adjunct faculty member who was last on campus Friday has tested positive for the coronavirus, school officials said Wednesday.

Students who were in the classroom with the faculty member, who has not had any symptoms of the virus, will be contacted by the college and Westchester County Department of Health and advised of the next step, college President Tim Hall said in a statement.

Mercy had already canceled classes through Sunday and planned to move to online instruction beginning March 16 before it was notified of the test results by the county health department.

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Residence halls remain open and essential services including food and security will remain in place for students living on campus.

“Following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, our Facilities team will continue a thorough cleaning and enhanced disinfection protocol across all campuses and locations,” Hall said in an email to the Mercy community.

Mercy has total enrollment of more than 10,000 spread over its main Dobbs Ferry campus; satellite campuses in Manhattan, the Bronx and Yorktown; and online. Of the total enrollment, more than 6,000 are full-time undergraduates.

The number of diagnosed coronavirus cases in the state continued to climb Wednesday, as the state looked to slow the rapid spread in the outbreak epicenter of Westchester County. The National Guard was deployed to Westchester's city of New Rochelle where a "containment area" was established where there will be no large public gatherings for at least two weeks.

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