ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The novel coronavirus has reached the highest levels of the Denver Broncos organization with General Manager John Elway and team president Joe Ellis testing positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday.

The Broncos said in a statement that both Elway and Ellis have minor symptoms but are “doing well’ and will continue to work from home and in self-isolation and participate in virtual meetings while their health is monitored.

The team said no players or coaches came into close contact with either Elway or Ellis recently.

“Based on a review of contact tracing data with the league, we are confident these cases originated independently outside team facilities,” the Broncos said. “There were minimal close contacts identified for each (no players or coaches) and those individuals have been notified.”

“While our facilities are closed for Election Day, coaches are conducting their game preparations today remotely as a precaution,” the team added. “Our organization will remain in communication with the NFL, making all decisions in consultation with the league and based on guidance from medical experts.”

The Broncos have had three assistant coaches go under the league’s COVID-19 protocols – Curtis Modkins, Mike Munchak and Ed Donatell – in addition to right guard Graham Glasgow. Others at the team’s headquarters also have been infected by COVID-19 in recent weeks.

As part of the NFL’s COVID-19 safety protocols put in place so the league could try to play the 2020 season during the pandemic, the Broncos have had all their employees tested daily for the virus. Players, coaches and other employees also wear contract tracing devices to help curb any outbreaks.

The Broncos have been under the league’s enhanced COVID-19 protocols since Modkins’ infection. Those extra measures include increased distancing, face coverings on the practice field and inside the team’s facilities for players and coaches and remote team meetings. Position groups can still meet in person.

The Broncos (3-4) are scheduled to return to work Wednesday morning to continue preparations for their game Sunday at Atlanta (2-6).

The Broncos were affected by the New England Patriots’ COVID-19 outbreak last month when their game at Gillette Stadium was pushed back, first by a day and then by a week, when Cam Newton and Stephon Gilmore, among others, were infected.

That meant the Broncos’ Oct. 18 home game against Miami had to get pushed back to Nov. 22, when they were scheduled to host the Chargers. The Chargers’ game was moved up to Nov. 1, which was supposed to be the Broncos’ bye.

PACKERS: Green Bay placed running back Jamaal Williams and rookie linebacker Kamal Martin on the reserve/COVID-19 list. The move Tuesday comes one day after Packers rookie running back A.J. Dillon went on the same list.

RAVENS: Multiple Ravens were found to be “high-risk close contacts” after cornerback Marlon Humphrey tested positive for COVID-19, and they must self-isolate for at least five days ahead of Sunday’s road game against the Indianapolis Colts.

Dr. Allen Sills, the NFL’s chief medical officer, said on a conference call Tuesday that the league identified the six members of the organization through contact tracing. Humphrey was placed on the list Monday after testing positive last Sunday for COVID-19 and will miss the upcoming game. If his high-risk contacts are asymptomatic and continue to test negative, they could return for Sunday’s game against the Colts.

THE NFL IS expanding the sideline area to give teams more space to distance and mask usage is now mandatory before and after games and at halftime.

The updates to the COVID-19 protocols were sent to clubs in a memo on Tuesday, a day after the league learned two players who played in games Sunday tested positive. The league also is strongly encouraging players to wear masks whenever they come off the field and teams in intensive protocol are prohibited from holding in-person coaching and personnel meetings.

BUCCANEERS: Antonio Brown was activated from the reserve/suspended list and set to practice with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the first time on Wednesday.

The Bucs signed the former Pittsburgh, Oakland and New England receiver last week and expect him to make his debut with his team when the Bucs (6-2) host the New Orleans Saints on Sunday night. Brown was suspended for the first eight games of the season for multiple violations of the NFL’s personal conduct policy.

Coach Bruce Arians said Tuesday he’s not sure how much Brown will play this week, but that he’ll definitely have a role in the game plan.

“It really depends on how the game goes. If we’re successful with the package that we put him in, we’ll probably run it more,” Arians said. “It could be 10 plays, it could be 35 plays. I wouldn’t anticipate 60 plays, for sure, but we’ll just see how it goes.”

To make room on the roster for Brown, the Bucs waived wide receiver Cyril Grayson.

COWBOYS:  Dallas placed quarterback Andy Dalton on the reserve COVID-19 list on Tuesday, keeping him out a second straight game after he was sidelined by a concussion. Dalton will be the first Dallas player to go on the COVID-19 list since before the season.

The loss of Dalton likely means a second consecutive start for rookie Ben DiNucci against undefeated Pittsburgh on Sunday.

The seventh-round pick replaced Dalton for last weekend’s 23-9 loss to Philadelphia. The Cowboys (2-6) have had three starting quarterbacks this season after star Dak Prescott broke his ankle in Week 5, ending his season.

BEARS: Chicago could be missing four starters on the offensive line against Tennessee after placing right tackle Bobby Massie on injured reserve and right guard Germain Ifedi on the Reserve/COVID-19 list on Tuesday.

The Bears also placed backup tackle Jason Spriggs on the COVID list, which was created for a player who tests positive for the coronavirus or who has been in close contact with an infected person or persons.

Center Cody Whitehair missed Sunday’s game because of a groin injury. And left guard James Daniels suffered a pectoral injury in a Week 5 win over Tampa Bay that will likely keep him out for the remainder of the season.

TITANS: Tennessee veteran long snapper Beau Brinkley and cornerback Johnathan Joseph on Tuesday.

Brinkley had been the Titans’ long snapper since 2012, playing in 135 games over the past nine seasons. He hadn’t missed a game this season despite being put on the reserve/COVID-19 list Sept. 29 during Tennessee’s outbreak.

But Brinkley had a low snap on a punt in a 27-24 loss to Pittsburgh on Oct. 25, and he had another bad snap on an extra point attempt in last week’s 31-20 loss to Cincinnati.

Joseph played all seven games this season. The veteran was with Houston between 2010 and 2019 and with Cincinnati for the first five years of his NFL career. But the Titans traded a sixth-round pick Monday for Chargers cornerback Desmond King trying to improve a banged-up, struggling secondary.

BILLS:  Buffalo signed cornerback Daryl Worley to its practice squad on Tuesday a week after the fifth-year player was released by the Dallas Cowboys.

Worley appeared in seven games and started four for the Cowboys before being released as part of a midseason shakeup. Dallas also cut defensive tackle Dontari Poe and traded defensive end Everson Griffen to Detroit.

LIONS: Detroit placed linebacker Jarrad Davis on the reserve/COVID-19 list.

According to a statement released by the Lions, per NFL and NFLPA policy a team is not permitted to comment on a player’s medical status other than referring to roster status and whether the player is in quarantine or is positive for COVID-19.

It’s unclear what Davis’ status is for Sunday’s road game against the Minnesota Vikings.