Covid-19 outbreak at two Mississippi universities

COVID-19 outbreaks have been found at two of Mississippi’s eight public universities within days of students returning to campuses.

Dr. Thomas Dobbs says cases at the University of Mississippi in Oxford and the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus appear to have originated off-campus. He says some of the MUW cases can be traced to an entertainment district in nearby Starkville.

Ole Miss says in a memo that 13 student-athletes and one employee have tested positive for the virus. It says 11 of the athletes are on the same team, but it did not name the sport.