EAST LANSING, Mich. In just over a week, 124 Michigan State University students have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), the university announced Wednesday. All 124 students who tested positive for the virus live off campus, according to officials. This increase in positive cases among students is disappointing, but not unexpected, said President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D. With exceptions for graduate students and students in the colleges of Law, Human Medicine, Nursing, Osteopathic Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, students planning to live on campus this fall were asked to stay home and complete their courses online. Michigan State University provides a weekly report on confirmed positive COVID-19 on campus -- you can find that online here.

EAST LANSING, Mich. Members of the Michigan State University football team are quarantining or isolating after the latest round of coronavirus (COVID-19) testing revealed positive tests, the school announced. Early results from the tests taken over the last week revealed a second staff members as well as a player tested positive on Thursday, officials said. Everyone on the football team has been instructed to quarantine or isolate for 14 days, according to the university. As part of the athletic departments return to campus policy, student-athletes quarantine when coming into close contact with an individual who tests positive for COVID-19. Surveillance testing of student-athletes was completed on Wednesday, July 22 as previously planned, and will be repeated prior to their clearance to return to workouts.