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Two positive in latest Premier League Covid-19 tests

  • The league says the individuals who tested positive for coronavirus will now self-isolate for 10 days

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The Premier League said on Monday that two people had returned positive results in its latest round of Covid-19 tests conducted on players and staff last week.

The league said the individuals who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus would now self-isolate for 10 days.

“The Premier League can today confirm that between Monday 19 October and Sunday 25 October, 1,609 players and club staff were tested for Covid-19. Of these, there were two new positive tests,” the Premier League said in a statement.

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A total of 44 people have tested positive for the virus in eight rounds of testing since the new league campaign began on September 12.

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There have been more than 900,000 Covid-19 infections and over 44,000 deaths in the United Kingdom.

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