MLB announces latest COVID-19 test results |
Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association jointly announced today the latest COVID-19 testing results under MLB’s COVID-19 Health Monitoring & Testing Plan, through the end of Thursday, July 16th:
MONITORING TESTING Covered Individuals are now in Monitoring Testing, which tests Players and other Tier 1 individuals every other day and Tier 2 individuals multiple times per week. To date, the results of Monitoring Testing are as follows: The number of monitoring samples collected and tested in the past week was 10,548. 6 of these 10,548 samples, which is 0.05%, have been new positives. The past week included a five-day period in which no new positives were reported. 5 of the 6 positives were players and 1 was a staff member. The total number of monitoring samples collected and tested has been 17,949. 23 of these 17,949 samples, which is 0.1%, have been new positives. 18 of the 23 positives have been players and 5 have been staff members. 13 different Clubs have had a Covered Individual test positive during Monitoring Testing. ALL TESTING TO DATE Combining the totals of previously completed Intake Screening and ongoing Monitoring Testing, the results are as follows: The total number of new positive tests is 93, which is 0.4% of the 21,701 samples since the beginning of Intake Screening on June 27th. Among the 93 positives, 80 have been players and 13 have been staff members. [Note that there were 4 additional Intake Screening positives reported after July 9th as a result of additional players being added to Club Player Pools.] 28 different Clubs have had a Covered Individual test positive in Intake Screening or during Monitoring Testing. From MLB: COVID-19 test results over past week:
Samples tested: 10,548
Positives: 6 (5 players, 1 staff member)
The past week included a five-day period in which no new positives were reported.
