No New COVID-19 Cases Among Players Since April 7

There were no confirmed positives in the latest round of COVID-19 testing, the NBA announced on Twitter. This marks the first time since Feb. 3 with no positive results in the weekly tests. The league reported that 488 players have been undergone testing since April 7.

The NBA appears to gotten its COVID-19 situation under control, having announced just one positive test in each of the previous three weeks. After a slew of postponements in January and February, no games have been affected by the virus since March 2.

With a little more than four weeks remaining in the regular season, today’s news offers hope that the playoffs can be held without any virus-related disruption.

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