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Police: Rhode Island Child Tests Positive for COVID-19 Days After Receiving Jazz Player Autograph

A Rhode Island child tested positive for COVID-19 days after receiving an autograph last week from a Utah Jazz player who also contracted coronavirus, the Westerly, R.I. police chief announced Friday, per the Providence Journal.

Shawn Lacey, the town's police chief, said that the child was at an NBA game in Boston last week in which the Jazz played the Celtics. Lacey did not specify which Jazz player gave out the autograph.

Both Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell have tested positive for COVID-19, the lone two NBA players that have been announced to have tested positive.