The National Hockey League says eight new cases of COVID-19 have been identified in players through phase two testing.
The league says a total of 4,934 tests were conducted on over 600 players that took part in phase two activities with a total of 30 tests coming back positive. It’s an increase of seven cases since the last batch of testing was announced on July 6th.
NHL statement on COVID-19 testing results: pic.twitter.com/lAkEQJ0B8N
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) July 13, 2020
Outside of phase two protocols, the league said one additional case of COVID-19 had been identified in a player bringing that total to 13 cases.