The number of COVID-19 cases among Edmonton Elks players has decreased by one, after further testing deemed a player's initial positive test to be a false positive, the team said Sunday. Fourteen Elks players reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 since returning from an away game in Vancouver last week. On Sunday, that total dropped to 13 when subsequent testing found a player's initial positive test result was a false positive, a news release said. His test came back positive, but the result was within a range that required further testing to confirm the positive test value. Three subsequent PCR test results all came back negative, so the player's result was deemed a false positive, it said.

Source: CBC News August 29, 2021 20:26 UTC