28 University of Texas Spring Breakers Contract COVID-19: Officials

A mobile police tower overlooks an area of South Beach that the city closed in an effort to prevent the spread of the CCP virus in Miami Beach, Florida, on March 17, 2020. Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images

At least 28 students from the University of Texas tested positive for COVID-19 after a group of young adults went on a spring break trip to Mexico, according to school and Austin officials.

The Austin Public Health Department confirmed that about 70 people “in their 20s” took a chartered plane to Cabo San Lucas. After they returned, 28 tested positive for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus while more are “under public health investigation.”