Five more Notre Dame players have tested positive for COVID-19 a day after the Irish temporarily paused workouts due to an on-campus outbreak. Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

Notre Dame football reports five coronavirus cases, six more in quarantine

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Aug 20, 2020 2:33 PM ET

A day after the Notre Dame Fighting Irish temporarily paused football workouts due to an on-campus coronavirus outbreak, the program announced that five players have tested positive for the virus.

Per ESPN's Andrea Adelson, another six football players are currently quarantined. Players are expected to undergo additional coronavirus testing on Friday, and an update on the team's practice schedule could be made available at that time.

Notre Dame shifted to remote instruction through at least Sept. 2 after the university learned of 82 positive coronavirus tests on Monday and 72 on Tuesday. 75 more tested positive as of Thursday.

Things looked promising for Notre Dame on Aug. 10 when the school announced that only 33 students out of 11,836 tested positive for COVID-19. According to CBS News, the virus outbreak is linked to off-campus parties.

Notre Dame football is scheduled to play in the ACC this fall and open the campaign versus Duke on Sept. 12.

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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