New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Gail Benson is recovering after testing positive for coronavirus a few weeks ago, longtime executive for the teams told Times-Picayu. Advocate of New Orleans on Friday.
Benson, ans 73, “is under daily medical care, and feels better every day,” said Greg Bensley, vice president of communications for both Saints and Pelicans.
Bensel stopped short of detailing Benson’s symptoms but said she had not been hospitalized despite her illness and was “doing very well in her recovery” at her home in New Orleans.
“He participates in daily executive calls as well as NFL and NBA owner calls.” “She’s been active.”
Benson has been to the Saints’ practice at least once during training camp, attending Aug. 17. Benson was riding around the fields in a golf cart during the team’s opening practice, wearing a white mask with the Saints logo.
In a statement, Benson said he is grateful to everyone for their thoughts and prayers.
Benson is the latest in a lot of people with his relationship with the NFL organization to compress a highly contagious, potentially deadly virus. Head coach Sean Payton was diagnosed with a virus brought in in mid-March by the COVID-19 virus after coming down with influenza-like symptoms. In addition, wide receiver Aust Stein Carr believes his wife Erica later tested positive for the virus after labor. It lost its sense of smell and taste, a common feature of COVID-19, which killed more than 4,700 people in Louisiana when the epidemic began in the spring on Friday.
Former record-setting Saints placekicker Tom Dempsey died in early April after contracting the virus while living in a senior retirement home. The Saints have had three players tested positive for coronavirus since the start of training camp, however, the team believes all those results were false positives.
It was not immediately clear on Friday where Benson contracted the virus.
Contributing author Scott Kushner contributed to this report.
This story will be updated.
