Varsity and Junior Varsity football players test positive for COVID-19 at Northeast Guilford High School

from the Thursday edition of the News and Record:

Eleven players associated with the junior varsity and varsity football teams have tested positive for COVID-19 at Northeast Guilford High School, Guilford County Schools confirmed on Wednesday

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reported the cluster in a report released on Tuesday…

“This was related to athletics and did not affect summer school”, said Janson Silvers, a district spokesman.

The first case was reported on June 28 and the state confirmed there was a “COVID-19 Cluster”, on July 6, Silvers said…

State Health officials define a COVID-19 cluster as a minimum of five positive cases within a 14-day-period…

Currently there are four active cases among the students, according to the Guilford County Schools COVID-19 dashboard….