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Additionally, the department completed a second round of testing of football student-athletes last week.

The department confirms six positive results from last week’s testing. Five of the six positive tests were asymptomatic and only two cases are currently active.

Since the football team returned to campus in mid-June, the department has conducted 210 tests on football players with only six positive results.

Total testing to date by the department has resulted in only nine positive cases out of 386 individual tests.

“In the last seven weeks, our student athletes and medical staff have proven how we can successfully combat the COVID-19 virus if we collectively commit to the necessary precautions,” Iowa State Athletics Director Jamie Pollard said.