HILLBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – Nearly two months after the Tampa Bay Buccanneers won football’s biggest game, public health researchers said the Super Bowl wasn’t a significant contributor to new COVID-19 cases.
In a report specifically studying the Super Bowl’s impact on the pandemic, researchers with the Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County said less than 60 cases were associated with the actual event: 53 were traced within the state and four out-of-state cases. [TRENDING: Gas skimmer hits News 6 anchor for $1,600 | Epic: Universal resumes work on 4th theme park | Porn plays during Fla.
zoom class] Its case analysis, dubbed the Super Bowl Surveillance Period, was conducted specifically from Jan. 22 to Feb.