Four days after Rutgers football announced they were shutting down workouts due to six people within the program testing positive for COVID-19, Keith Sargeant of NJ Advance Media reported on Wednesday that the situation has gotten worse. ESPN also reported on the news later in the day.
New Jersey state health commissioner Judith Persichilli stated during Governor Murphy’s press briefing on Wednesday that fifteen players have tested positive. She indicated that across the state there have been recent issues with ”several circumstances where indoor and outdoor gatherings in our state have led to community clusters of COVID-19.