On July 11, the Hazard Independent High School football team had to suspend workouts after nine players and a coach tested positive for COVID-19. Today, the Herald-Leader is reporting that the outbreak has spread to 38 people, including 18 football players, three coaches, and 17 of their family members and close contacts.
While the virus likely spread in the high school weight room, Scott Lockard, the director of the Kentucky River District Health Department in Hazard, said the first case was a player who had just returned from an out-of-state vacation with his family.
“Now we’ve got 38 cases we are working as a result of a family vacation,” he said.