Michigan State University has announced another clean round of COVID-19 testing among its student-athletes and staff. It is the second time in ten days that MSU has reported zero new positive cases.
According a release from the university, 74 athletes and staff members were tested on July 6. This batch of players included incoming freshmen taking their second round of testing and the MSU hockey team.
Athletes who have tested negative twice have been cleared to resume football activities. Monday is the start of organized team activities for football. These activities were originally scheduled to be mandatory, but have been classified as voluntary by the Big Ten Conference. That announcement came last week under the umbrella of the conference moving fall sports to a conference-only schedule.
In total five Michigan State student-athletes have tested positive for the virus. The school gave no specifics to sport or gender of any of the positive results. Three of the positives came from tests administered on campus. It is not known whether those athletes who previously tested positive have recovered fully. Last week it was announced that athletes with positive cases stemming back to the original testing on June 15 had yet to test negative.
