The Premier League announced today, Tuesday, that there have been 18 positive cases of Coronavirus in the ranks of the teams present in the first part of the league.
This came after examining 1,479 players and members of the technical apparatus from December 21-27.
And 18 injuries is the highest number in the English Premier League in one round since the start of the players’ examination system and technical equipment after the outbreak of the Corona virus.
To clarify more, this number is more than double the number announced in the previous round, which amounted to only seven injured people, after the examination that was conducted from December 14-30.
The outbreak of the Corona virus caused the postponement of Newcastle’s match against Aston Villa and yesterday, Monday, between Everton and Manchester City, due to the presence of seven injured in the latter’s ranks.
Therefore, the English Premier League Clubs Association decided to update its previous decision to conduct two weekly checks for clubs in the fourth division only to conduct two examinations per week instead of a single examination for all clubs equally.
This is in addition to the fact that the FA will bear the cost of the tests that are carried out for clubs outside Premier League before they play any match in the FA Cup.
What do we mean by the levels in which clubs are located?
The English government divided the country into levels from first to fourth, in preparation for the audience’s attendance of matches.
The clubs in the first section are allowed to attend the matches by four thousand, compared to two thousand fans for the second level.
As for the clubs of the third and fourth sections, the audience is forbidden to attend the matches.
The clubs that were subjected to two examinations per week before the decision was made to conduct the examinations for all teams, regardless of level, are present at the fourth level, i.e. the English capital, London.
What are the results of the tests to detect corona?
First round – August 31 to September 6, 1605 individuals were tested and 3 positive cases emerged
Round 2 – 7 for September 13, 2131 individuals were examined, and 4 positive cases emerged
Third round – 14th of September 20, 1574 individuals were tested, and 3 positive cases appeared
Fourth round – 21 September 27, 1595 tested positive, 10 positive cases
Fifth round – 28 September to 4 October, 1587 individuals were examined and 9 positive cases emerged
Round 6 – 5 for October 11, 1128 individuals were tested, and 5 positive cases emerged
The 7th round – 12th to October 18th, 1575 individuals were tested, and 8 positive cases emerged
Round 8 – 19 October 25, 1609 individuals were examined and only 2 positive cases emerged
Round 9 – October 26 to November 1, 1446 individuals were examined and 4 positive cases emerged
Round 10 – 2 of November 8, 1646 individuals were tested and 4 positive cases emerged
Round 11 – 9 of November 15, 1207 individuals were examined and 16 positive cases emerged
Round 12 – 16 of November 22nd, 1,530 individuals were tested, and 8 positive cases emerged
Round 13 – 23 of November 29, 1,381 individuals were tested and 10 positive cases emerged
Round 14 – Nov 30 for Dec 6: 1,483 individuals were tested and 14 positive cases emerged
Round 15 – 7 of December 13, 1549 individuals were examined and 6 positive cases emerged
Round 16 – 14 of December 20, 1569 individuals were tested with 7 positive cases
The last examination at the time of this writing was conducted on 1,479 individuals, with 18 positive cases reported.
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