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North Carolina football halts workouts after positive COVID-19 tests

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Jul 8, 2020 6:34 PM ET

The North Carolina Tar Heels football program is the latest to suspend voluntary workouts due to a coronavirus outbreak.

On Wednesday, ESPN.com's David M. Hale confirmed that the university temporarily halted football activities for a minimum of one week after 37 student-athletes, coaches and staff members returned positive coronavirus tests.

The report doesn't specify how many football players tested positive or if any are symptomatic. It's also unclear if other sports beyond football are affected.

Earlier in the day, the Ivy League informed member schools that all fall sports, including football, were postponed until at least January 2021 because of the ongoing pandemic. The conference could either reschedule the football campaign for the spring or cancel it and wait until the 2021 fall term.

Notre Dame's football program generated positive headlines on Tuesday when it claimed zero positive results among 103 players tested.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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