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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.
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.
--Field Level Media
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