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As we’re all aware, last week’s scheduled Notre Dame game against Wake Forest was postponed because of a COVID-19 outbreak on the Fighting Irish football team. Now we’ve got details as to just how many cases there were with Notre Dame football players.
- Of the 273 tests administered to members of the football team last week, 18 came back positive. Those 18 players are all in quarantine with seven of them already having been so due to contact tracing.
- As of Monday, 25 Notre Dame football players remain in isolation while another 14 remain in quarantine as a result of contact tracing.
- The Notre Dame football team has resumed conditioning activities and will continue to adhere to testing protocols and procedures throughout the week and season.
My first thought upon reading this release was simply: “WOW!”.
We’ve been used to seeing a pair of players here or a few more there but when you see a total of 39 players getting set either in isolation or in quarantine it’s incredibly eye-opening.
After seeing the numbers it makes a lot more sense as to why the game against Wake Forest was moved back to December so quickly and not moved to this coming weekend when both Notre Dame and Wake Forest were scheduled to be off.
Here’s to obviously hoping the best for all those infected most importantly, and then to hoping there isn’t a postponement or delay for the Florida State game that is currently scheduled for October 10 at Notre Dame Stadium.