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Report: Rutgers Football's 15 Positive COVID-19 Tests Linked to Indoor Party

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Fifteen Rutgers football players tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the entire team into a two-week quarantine period.

Keith Sargeant of NJ.com reported the outbreak may be tied to several players attending an indoor party.

"There's been an outbreak of Rutgers football players, with 15 of them currently testing positive," New Jersey State Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said. "These examples that we shared today account for 125 new cases of COVID-19 in our state. Every single one of those cases has the potential to infect other people. Their grandparents, parents, siblings, friends, loved ones, and if any of one of them have underlying conditions .