Eight percent of 518 covid tests come back positive at WVU
The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics administered 518 covid-19 tests since June, with 41 (almost 8%) coming back positive, school officials said Saturday in a news release.
The breakdown per sport shows 28 positive tests in football, five in men’s basketball, six in women’s basketball, one in women’s soccer and one staff member.
All individuals with positive results entered self-isolation for 14 days, initiating contact tracing, the school said.
Jerry DiPaola is a TribLive reporter covering Pitt athletics since 2011. A Pittsburgh native, he joined the Trib in 1993, first as a copy editor and page designer in the sports department and later as the Pittsburgh Steelers reporter from 1994-2004. He can be reached at jdipaola@triblive.com.
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