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<p><strong>By Anthony Covino</strong></p>



<p>Sports Editor&nbsp;</p>



<p>&nbsp;FDU men’s and women’s basketball returned to practice this past weekend, according to <a href="https://twitter.com/FDUKnightsMBB/status/1350494391358652416">Twitter</a>,. This announcement comes after both programs had positive COVID-19 tests recently, a past <a href="https://fduequinox.com/2021/01/05/mens-basketball-postpones-next-three-games-due-to-positive-covid-19-tests/">Equinox article</a> reports.</p>



<p>The FDU men’s team is scheduled to return to play on Jan. 21 against Merrimack, the time of the match is yet to be determined. The women’s team will also return to play against Merrimack on Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. at the Rothman Center.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Yesterday FDU Athletics announced <a href="https://twitter.com/FDUKnights/status/1350898085195620352">via Twitter</a> that a 21st sport will be coming in 2021, following last week&#8217;s announcement that men’s volleyball will be the 20th sport in Athletics. The announcement for number 21 will be made on Tuesday, according to Twitter.&nbsp;</p>



<p><strong>COVID-19 Numbers</strong></p>



<p>As of this morning, there were 4,686 new COVID-19 cases&nbsp; in New Jersey, with 480 in Bergen County.&nbsp;</p>



<p>The following are the latest COVID-19 cases for yesterday and today.&nbsp;</p>



<figure class="wp-block-table"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td><strong>Mon. 1/18/2021</strong></td><td><strong>Sun. 1/17/2021</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>New Jersey</strong></td><td>627,000</td><td>622,000</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Bergen County</strong></td><td>60,704</td><td>60,224</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>



<p>*Numbers according to<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=nj+covid+19&amp;oq=nj+covid+19&amp;aqs=chrome.0.69i59j0i131i433l2j0i433j0i131i433j69i60l3.5418j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8#wptab=s:H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVuLVT9c3NMwySk6OL8zJecTYwMgt8PLHPWGp8klrTl5jLOQS901NyUzOzEt1ySxOTSxO9clPTizJzM8T0uNic80rySypFFLhEpRCNUeDQYqfC1VISI2LA65XiotHikM_V9_ANC0rDaiYiwvO49nFxO2RmphTkhFcklhSvIhVxi-1XMErtag4tVLBOb8oPy-xLLOotFihGCQNABrAWL_CAAAA"> Google Statistics.</a></p>



<p>Stay tuned for daily new updates at 10 a.m.</p>



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