(CNN) The Super Bowl is expected to go ahead in Los Angeles next month despite the growing number of Covid-19 cases in the county. "I feel really confident that this event will happen here in LA," said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, in a media briefing Thursday. Super Bowl LVI is scheduled to be played on February 13 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. Los Angeles County reported a record 37,215 new cases on Thursday, according to a news release from the county's health departmentThe NFL had to postpone three games in December because of the surge of Covid-19 cases among players. The league updated its Covid protocol December 28 saying it is "cutting the standard isolation period after a positive test for asymptomatic individuals from 10 days to five days regardless of vaccination status."

Source: CNN January 08, 2022 00:29 UTC