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New on SI: Fourth Titans Player Tests Positive for COVID-19, Vikings Return Negative Results

One positive COVID-19 test was returned among Titans players from Tuesday's round of testing, while personnel and the Minnesota Vikings had negative results.

A fourth Titans player tested positive for COVID-19 after Tuesday's round of testing, an NFL spokesperson

announced Wednesday. All other Tennessee and Minnesota Vikings players and personnel returned negative results.

The new case of COVID-19 among the Titans comes after three Tennessee players and five personnel members were announced to have tested positive Tuesday morning. The Titans and Vikings, who faced Tennessee on Sunday, suspended in-person activities and their facilities remain closed through Wednesday. 

On Tuesday evening, the Titans placed DT DaQuan Jones, long snapper Beau Brinkley and TE Tommy Hudson on the COVID-19/reserve list.

The Titans' nine total COVID-19 cases mark the first outbreak among a team during the NFL season. All close contacts were isolated and will receive additional testing, commissioner Roger Goodell said in a letter distributed to all teams on Tuesday. The league is working to determine where and how the close contacts occurred.

Under the NFL's agreement with the NFLPA, all players and essential employees are tested daily during the regular season outside game day. 

The NFL is postponing the Titans' scheduled Week 4 matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, Oct. 4, according to ESPN's Dianna Russini. The league is reportedly considering "all options," including Monday night, in rescheduling the game, with a decision to be based on COVID-19 test results.

Pittsburgh has been told to proceed with game preparations until informed otherwise, the team stated. 

Meanwhile, the Vikings are slated to visit the Houston Texans on Sunday at 1 p.m. The NFL said it will share updates as more information becomes available. 

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