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NBA Says 9 More Players Test Positive For Coronavirus : Coronavirus Updates That brings the total to 25. Put another way, that's 7% of the league. The news comes as games are scheduled to resume later this month. Team staff has fared better — 10 positive tests out of 884.The NBA and the league's players union announced Thursday nine more players have tested positive for the coronavirus. The news comes as the league is scheduled to resume games later this month. "In tests conducted of 344 NBA players between June 24-29, an additional nine players have tested positive for the coronavirus," the andsaid in a joint statement. The total number of players who have tested positive for the coronavirus is now 25. Put another way, that's 7% of the league. NBA team staff members have fared better, with 10 positive tests out of 884. According to the league's coronavirus rules, players or team personnel receiving positive tests will remain in self-isolation "until they satisfy public health protocols for discontinuing isolation and have been cleared by a physician." After being shut down since March, the NBA is slated to tip off again on July 30.The 22 teams participating in the season are scheduled to begin arriving next week at a "bubble" location in Orlando, Fla., for training. Players will stay at three Disney hotels, and the games will be played at the .ESPN reported that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said this week that he is "pretty confident" the league is on track to restart on time this month. "If there were something to change that was outside of the scope of what we are playing for, certainly we would revisit our plans," Silver said, according to ESPN. "We are testing daily. We haven't put a precise number on it, but if we were to see a large number of cases and see spread in our community, that would of course be a cause to stop as well." Silver's comments come as Orange County, where the sports complex is located, and Florida overall have seen recent upticks in confirmed coronavirus cases. As , Florida's Department of Health said the state set a new daily record on Thursday, with 10,109 confirmed cases. Less than a week ago, the state had surpassed a record of 9,585 confirmed cases, set on Saturday. ESPN also reported Thursday that the in Chicago for the eight non-playoff teams not invited to compete in Florida.CorrectionAn earlier version of this story incorrectly said that 844 team staff members had been tested for the coronavirus. In fact, 884 team staff members were tested.Sponsor Message

NBA Says 9 More Players Test Positive For Coronavirus : Coronavirus Updates That brings the total to 25. Put another way, that's 7% of the league. The news comes as games are scheduled to resume later this month. Team staff has fared better — 10 positive tests out of 884.The NBA and the league's players union announced Thursday nine more players have tested positive for the coronavirus. The news comes as the league is scheduled to resume games later this month. "In tests conducted of 344 NBA players between June 24-29, an additional nine players have tested positive for the coronavirus,"...

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