Lakers Covid Outbreak Hits Team’s El Segundo Training Facility Hard
deadline.comLike much of the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers’ lineup was ravaged by Covid in December. Over the course of the month, more than half of the team’s players cycled through the NBA health and safety protocols.
At one point, five members of the team’s now 17-man roster were out at once. Coach Frank Vogel, who was also out, said he got “pretty sick” with the virus.
But the outbreak extended far beyond that.Over the past few weeks, dozens of staff at the Lakers/UCLA Health Training Facility in El Segundo and the venue formerly known as Staples Center have tested positive, according to the Los Angeles County Public Health Department’s Covid dashboard.The tally began at 29 cases in mid-December.
It rose to 31 infections on December 28. Two days later, there were 38 recorded infections tied to the team and its facilities’ staff.
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