NFL Reacts to Dozens of Apparently False-Positive COVID-19 Tests

Mekhi Becton #77 of the New York Jets runs drills at Atlantic Health Jets Training Center in Florham Park, N.J., on Aug. 23, 2020.Mike Stobe/Getty Images

The National Football League (NFL) is scrambling to update its COVID-19 testing protocol after a flurry of apparent false-positives that affected close to a dozen teams.

According to numbers released by 11 teams, 77 total tests that initially came back positive were soon followed by negative results, in one of the highest-profile situations pointing to testing unreliability.