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The number of
positive COVID-19 cases in the NFL more than doubled in the past
week, according to numbers released Tuesday by the league and
the NFL Players Association.
Testing for Nov. 1-7 resulted in 56 new cases: 15 positive tests
among players and 41 confirmed positives among other personnel.
In the previous monitoring period from Oct. 25-31, the NFL and
NFLPA reported eight new confirmed positive tests among players
and 17 new confirmed positives among other personnel.
On this latest report, the league said 42,978 tests were
administered to a total of 7,922 players and team personnel.
Among those, 16,785 tests were administered to 2,486 players and
26,193 tests were given to 5,436 personnel.
Since monitoring began Aug. 1, 78 players and 140 other
personnel have had confirmed positive cases of COVID-19. In all,
approximately 600,000 tests have been administered to players
and personnel through Nov. 7.
--Field Level Media
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