Groups of college students in Alabama have been throwing coronavirus parties and taking bets as to who will test positive for COVID-19 first.

What’s more, the report details that students who were already COVID-19 positive were invited as to increase the odds partygoers would contract the virus.

While it remains unclear which college the students in question attend, the University of Alabama — which is located in Tuscaloosa — issued a statement on the matter yesterday.

Per The New York Times, the number of coronavirus cases in Alabama has been rising steadily across the state in most counties