NFL reports 19 new cases of COVID-19

ByReuters

Published 27/10/2020 at 18:03 GMT

The number of positive COVID-19 cases in the NFL stayed even from the previous week, according to numbers released Tuesday by the league and the NFL Players Association.

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Testing for Oct. 18-24 resulted in 19 new cases, including eight positives
among players and 11 confirmed positives among other personnel -- numbers that
are identical to last week.

On this latest report, 42,687 tests were administered to a total of 7,817
players and team personnel. The breakdown: 16,799 tests were administered to
2,491 players; 25,888 tests were administered to 5,326 personnel.

Since monitoring began Aug. 1, more than 500,000 tests were administered to
players and personnel through Oct. 24.

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