Report: Cam Newton tests positive for COVID-19, to miss Sunday’s game

The former Auburn star will miss Sunday’s showdown with the Kansas City Chiefs.

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The New England Patriots will have to play the best team in the NFL, the Kansas City Chiefs, without their starting quarterback Cam Newton on Sunday.

The former Auburn star has tested positive for COVID-19.

“Late last night, we received notice that a Patriots players tested positive for COVID-19. The player immediately entered self-quarantine,” the Patriots said in a statement Saturday. “Several additional players, coaches and staff who have been in close contact with the player received point of care tests this morning and all were negative for COVID-19.”