Three Michigan State athletes test positive for COVID-19 in latest round of testing

Tests on July 13 yield three new positive diagnoses.

Michigan State University completed another round of COVID-19 testing on July 13 with 38 tests yielding three positive results.

According to the school none of the three athletes had been participating in workouts. One was quarantined, one was in isolation, and one had just arrived on campus. These student-athletes will be quarantined for two weeks and cannot return to activities without a negative test. The three roommates of the athletes who tested positive will also be quarantined for 14 days under the school’s protocol.

In addition, 27 staff members were tested on Monday with one positive test. This is the first staff member to test positive for the disease since testing began. According to the school the staff member does not work with any of the teams already back on campus and has had no contact with any student-athletes.

In total Michigan State has tested 506 athletes, coaches, and staff members since the beginning of June, with eight total positive tests.

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No new positives among 41 Michigan State athletes tested for COVID-19

Most of the athletes tested are incoming freshmen who moved in last weekend.

Michigan State university tested 41 student-athletes for COVID-19 on Monday with one positive result, which came from an athlete that had previously tested positive the school announced on Thursday.

According to the school many of the athletes tested were being tested for the first time. Freshman athletes moved onto campus this past weekend. For those athletes a second negative test will be required for them to begin workouts. Between the tests the student-athletes will be instructed to self-isolate.

No staff members tested positive in the latest round of testing.

One athlete tested positive for COVID-19 in the first round of testing of returning athletes on June 15. One week later two additional positive tests were reported.

You can read the statement in full below.

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