38 people test positive for COVID-19 following Ky. high school football team outbreak [View all]

A COVID-19 outbreak among Hazard Independent High School football players had spread by Monday to 38 people, including 18 football players, three coaches and 17 of their family members and close contacts who have tested positive.

Scott Lockard, the director of the Kentucky River District Health Department in Hazard who provided the numbers to the Herald-Leader, said all 38 have been recovering at home.

Lockard had reported on July 11 that the southeastern Kentucky school had suspended athletic team workouts as nine players and a coach tested positive for COVID-19 in a cluster.

With the increase in cases, he said Monday that athletic workouts, practices and training at the school have now been suspended indefinitely. A weight room at the high school was considered to be the common denominator.

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