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The football team announced that the 42-year-old Saleh (pronounced: SAH-luh) tested positive on Wednesday, Dec. 22, after he experienced symptoms earlier that day.
"Tight Ends Coach Ron Middleton will serve as the head coach until Coach Saleh can clear protocol," the team said.
The news comes as the number of newly-confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to increase in New York, as the highly-transmissible Omicron variant spreads.
On Tuesday, Dec. 21, the state reported another 22,258 COVID-19 cases and a test positivity rate of 10.39 percent.
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