The Ole Miss athletics department reported its largest number of positive COVID-19 cases on Wednesday.
In an email sent out to the campus community, the school reported 14 new positive tests with 13 of them being student-athletes and one employee. 11 of the 13 are from the same team, according to the University’s release, but did not specify which teams were affected.
A source with knowledge of the situation told the EAGLE the 11 positives did not come from the football team.
The number is considered an outbreak by the Mississippi State Department of Health, which would be the first outbreak of cases since student-athletes began reporting back to campus in June.