Mizzou announces 10 positive COVID-19 tests among 377 athletes and staffers

As we continue to navigate our way through the COVID-19 pandemic, schools are having positive tests when they test staffers and athletes.

On Wednesday, the Missouri Tigers updated their COVID test counts, announcing that 367 of 377 administered tests came back negative.

Of course, as you can surmise, that means Mizzou is dealing with 10 people who are positive for COVID-19:

UPDATE: 367 of 377 tests on #Mizzou student-athletes & athletic staff participating in department testing protocol have been negative for COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/lTGVZRMfOc

— Mizzou Athletics (@MizzouAthletics) July 8, 2020

Of those 10 positive tests, 9 of them were from student-athletes, according to STLToday.com’s Dave Matter:

Of the 10 positive tests, 9 have been athletes, one has been a staff member https://t.co/eG4iUmcIFu

— Dave Matter (@Dave_Matter) July 8, 2020

Matter’s follow-up tweet indicated that none of the cases is believed to have required hospitalization:

Of Mizzou athletics 10 positive COVID cases, I'm told none have required hospitalization https://t.co/h5R8QBztig

— Dave Matter (@Dave_Matter) July 8, 2020

Many college athletes who are testing positive are asymptomatic, so this news isn’t entirely surprising. Now, those 10 people who tested positive will have to isolate until they record negative tests.

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