Over 100 University of Pretoria students test positive for COVID 5 April 2021 1:41 PM Share This: The institution said management suspected the virus was contracted off-campus at one of the pubs or restaurants students frequented in the Hatfield area. JOHANNESBURG - The University of Pretoria on Monday said more than 100 of its students tested positive for the coronavirus over the past three weeks. The institution's spokesperson Rikus Delport said management suspected the virus was contracted off-campus at one of the pubs or restaurants students frequented in the Hatfield area. Last week, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande raised concern over reports that infections were rising at the country's tertiary institutions.