The Premier League announced Tuesday that six people from three clubs have tested positive for COVID-19 after the league tested 748 players and staff on Sunday and Monday.
MANCHESTER, England — The English Premier League’s first wave of mass coronavirus testing of players and staff found six people infected at three of the 19 clubs to conduct the checks.
The league is not identifying whether players or coaches tested positive from the tests on 748 people on Sunday and Monday. One of the 20 clubs in the league only started conducting tests on Tuesday. The results of those tests will be included in the figures from the second wave of checks being published on Saturday.
While the top divisions in Belgium, France and the Netherlands have been curtailed, the Premier League has government backing to plan a return to action in June.
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