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Last week, the NFL reported it had conducted 109,075 coronavirus tests of players, coaches and team staffers through Tuesday, Aug. 11. The rate of positive tests was 0.46 percent overall and 0.81 percent for players. The league-wide number of players on the COVID-19 list is now down to 12. None were added on Monday and five teams have yet to put a player on the COVID-IR list: Arizona, New England, Houston, L.A. Chargers, Carolina.
Dr. Allen Sills, the NFL's chief medical officer, told NFL Media he was "pleasantly surprised" by the results and that he was not aware of any player or staff member who had a severe illness.
In the original agreement between the NFL and NFLPA, players and staff were to be tested daily for only the first two weeks of training camp and then move to tests every two days if positive tests were under 5 percent. Although the numbers across the league were under 1 percent and no individual club was greater than 2 percent, the NFL and NFLPA agreed to extend daily testing through Sept. 5 after consulting medical experts.
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