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Penn State reports one positive COVID-19 result from 261 student-athletes tested last week

Athletic department officials say that of the 1,695 student-athletes that have been tested going back to early last month, 18 have tested positive.

The Penn State football team returns to the locker room before hosting Michigan at Beaver Stadium last October. Penn State won the game, 28-21. All athletes are tested for COVID-19 this season, but the Big 10 has canceled its football season.
The Penn State football team returns to the locker room before hosting Michigan at Beaver Stadium last October. Penn State won the game, 28-21. All athletes are tested for COVID-19 this season, but the Big 10 has canceled its football season.Read moreHEATHER KHALIFA / Staff Photographer

Penn State’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics reported Wednesday that one student-athlete tested positive for COVID-19 out of 261 tested from Aug. 17-21. Nine tests were pending.

According to the last five reports from the athletic department, 1,695 student-athletes have been tested since July 10. Eighteen tests have come back positive with 113 results pending.

Protocols established by the Penn State athletics medical staff require that individuals with a positive test be put into isolation for 14 days, at which point they will be retested. Contact tracing procedures also are employed, which includes quarantine and testing for those who might have been exposed, even if asymptomatic.