Soccer Football - Copa America 2021 - Brazil says 31 Copa America players, officials test positive for COVID-19 - Arena Pantanal, Cuiaba, Brazil - June 15, 2021 A staff member disinfects the press room at the Arena. Brazil's Ministry of Health said on Monday that 31 players and Copa America delegation members had tested positive for COVID-19 by Monday another 10 cases were confirmed among employees working at hotels where the players and their delegations are staying in Brasilia. REUTERS/Mariana Greif
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The number of COVID-19 cases recorded among people involved in the Copa America rose to 52 on Tuesday, an increase of 11 on two days previously, Brazil’s Health Ministry said.
Two of the new cases were players or officials embedded with the competing teams, the ministry said.
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