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Virginia Athletics COVID-19 testing results update

Chris Graham
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Virginia Athletics updated us for the first time in a good while on COVID-19 testing of student-athletes and staff.

It had been since Dec. 14 that we’d last heard.

Since, a total of 3,923 COVID-19 tests had been administered to UVA student-athletes and staff. Of the tests conducted between Dec. 14 and Jan. 31, 31 resulted in a positive test (0.8 percent).

Since testing began on UVA student-athletes and staff on July 5, a total of 18,330 tests have been administered with 138 total positives. (0.8 percent).

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Chris Graham, the king of "fringe media," a zero-time Virginia Sportswriter of the Year, and a member of zero Halls of Fame, is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, or subscribe to his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].