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West Virginia Announces 28 Football Players Have Tested Positive for COVID-19

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The West Virginia athletic department released its COVID-19 testing numbers on Saturday.

Since June, the school has administered 518 tests, and 41 have resulted in positive cases. That figure includes 28 football players, five men's basketball players and six women's hoops players.

Per the athletic department, individuals who tested positive entered isolation for 14 days following news of their result. Contract tracing was then initiated, per the university.

This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.