2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Latest COVID-19 Results Prove Bubbles Are Working

On Monday, the NHL released the latest COVID-19 testing results with no positive tests from August 2 through August 8. 

The time period of the testing was through the conclusion of the second week of Phase 4 of the NHL's Return to Play program. The league also reported 7,245 tests were administered daily to the 52-member travelling parties of teams that were in hub cities Edmonton and Toronto for the NHL's 24-team postseason. 

There were no positive tests from Week 1 of Phase 4 in the bubbles.

The week of July 13-17 - the second to last week of Phase 3 - was the last time the NHL saw a COVID-19 diagnosis, when two players tested positive.

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2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Latest COVID-19 results prove bubbles are working originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago

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