Study: High School Sports Have Not Spread COVID-19

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The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health released a study Thursday suggesting the state's high school sports have not caused an increase in COVID-19 infections among athletes.

As reported by The Associated Press, researchers surveyed 207 schools that restarted fall sports in September, representing more than 30,000 athletes, more than 16,000 practices and more than 4,000 games.

The survey found 271 athletes contracted the virus overall compared with 2,318 Wisconsin children aged 14-17 over the month of September. No sports were found to have a higher incidence rate of COVID-19 overall than 14-17 year-olds. None of the cases among the athletes resulted in hospitalization or death.

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