An Ottawa Senators player has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the first known case in the NHL. The team announced late Tuesday that an unidentified player had tested positive for COVID-19.
The Senators said the player has mild symptoms, is in isolation and that they were notifying anyone who had close contact with him.
Ottawa players, coaches and others have been advised to remain isolated, monitor their health and seek advice from team medical staff.
It was not immediately clear if any others around the team had been tested, and the NHL is not mandating that. “The current state of medical advice is that people should likely not be tested unless they are symptomatic,” deputy commissioner Bill Daly told The Associated Press by email