Notre Dame football administered their latest round of COVID-19 testing this past Monday as tests were administered to 117 players. Although still not a huge number, two positive tests came back.
One of the players who tested positive had what is being called a mild case while the other is asymptomatic.
An additional seven players are in quarantine after contact tracing which leaves a total of nine players out for the first practice of the year this Wednesday afternoon.
43 staff members were also given tests, all of which came back negative.
Notre Dame football has now administered 619 COVID-19 tests since testing began in June with only four positive tests in that time. The concern is that half of those four came in this latest round, after students returned to Notre Dame’s campus.
The question now is can the spread be contained in and around both the football team and University. Quick action was taken which is obviously a great step but when the next round of testing comes how many more players and potentially coaches will have been exposed?
Even without a massive number of positive tests, this sets up an incredibly important round of testing next time around for Notre Dame football.