Major League Baseball and the MLBPA issued a joint news release Friday to reveal the current results of COVID-19 test results from around the sport through July 16. For the a lot of part, its encouraging news that must further lead the way for the regular season to begin as arranged July 23.
To date, the league has gathered 17,949 tracking samples and 23 new positives (18 players, 5 team member), which equals 0.1 percent. When combining continuous tracking screening and consumption screening that started June 27, there have been 93 positive tests (80 gamers) among 21,701 samples, which translates to 0.4 percent. Twenty-eight of the leagues 30 teams have had at least one positive.
The league gathered 10,548 samples over the past week, however just six (0.05 percent) returned as new positives. Five of those originated from gamers, the other from a staff member. There was also a five-day duration in which no brand-new positives were reported.
