NFLPA Corrects Initial Report, Says 59 Players Tested Positive For COVID-19

UPDATE: After initially listing that 95 players tested positive for COVID-19, the NFLPA’s website has since updated that number to 59 known positive tests.

That number (59) is down from 72 players as of July 10, when the union last revealed this information.

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The NFL Players Association on Tuesday announced 95 players around the league are known to have tested positive for the coronavirus to this point.

The data was published on the NFLPA’s website.

The news comes a day after the NFL and union agreed on a protocol for the frequency of COVID-19 testing among players and essential staff.

For the first two weeks of camp, players will be tested daily. And depending on what the results look like, testing will ideally only occur every other day from that point.

But as Dr. Allen Sills, the NFL’s chief medical officer, explained all is subject to change as health professionals continue to learn more about the virus, transmission and testing.

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