Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

January 26, 2021

SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Associated with High School Wrestling Tournaments — Florida, December 2020–January 2021

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An outbreak arising from a Florida high school wrestling tournament in December 2020 had an attack rate of at least 30% (38 of 126 tournament attendees who were tested) and a secondary attack rate of at least 9% (41 of 441 close contacts of the 38 COVID-19 patients). Among contacts, household members had the highest attack rate (at least 30%), test positivity rate (60%), and odds of receiving a positive test result (OR=2.7). The outbreak resulted in an estimated loss of 1,700 in-person school days due to isolation and quarantine of patients and contacts, and the death of one adult contact aged >50 years. At the time of the tournament, the county in which 7 out of 10 participating high school teams were located had a 14-day cumulative COVID-19 incidence in the highest category of transmission risk for SARS-CoV-2 (363 per 100,000), according to CDC classification.

Atherstone et al. (Jan 26, 2021). SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Associated with High School Wrestling Tournaments — Florida, December 2020–January 2021. MMWR. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7004e4