6 Saints coaches have positive COVID-19 tests, AP source says

Six unidentified members of the New Orleans Saints coaching staff, a subordinate and a nutritionist person tested affirmative for COVID-19, 2 radical acquainted with the concern said.

The radical spoke with The Associated Press connected Tuesday connected information of anonymity due to the fact that the squad and NFL had not made a nationalist connection astir the matter. The radical said the full Saints coaching unit had been vaccinated.

Later Tuesday, Michael Thomas — who already was ineligible to play the archetypal six games portion connected the club’s physically incapable to execute database — was placed connected New Orleans’ COVID-19 reserve list.

The names of astir others who tested affirmative were not expected to beryllium released successful the abbreviated word due to the fact that of national aesculapian privateness laws.

It is unclear however agelong those who tested affirmative volition stay isolated from the squad earlier they whitethorn instrumentality to the tract oregon in-person meetings.

For now, the full squad is operating nether the NFL’s enhanced mitigation protocols, meaning mandatory masking wrong facilities, regular testing, nary in-person meetings and grab-and-go meals.

The affirmative tests occurred aft New Orleans’ 38-3 triumph implicit Green Bay connected Sunday successful Jacksonville, Florida, wherever the crippled was moved from the Superdome pursuing harm caused to southeast Louisiana by Hurricane Ida.

The Saints person spent the past 2 weeks practicing successful the Dallas country and are scheduled to proceed practicing astatine TCU this week earlier traveling to Carolina for their Week 2 crippled connected Sunday. That crippled remains connected way to spell up arsenic scheduled.