THE Premier League have announced their latest round of Covid-19 testing yielded just TWO positive results – despite administering nearly 3000 tests.
A whopping 2,970 tests were given to players and staff members from all 20 clubs during the week of Monday, February 1 to Sunday, February 7.
And in a potentially stunning development, only two positive tests came back.
An official statement read: "The Premier League can today confirm that between Monday 1 February and Sunday 7 February, across two rounds of testing, 2,970 players and club staff were tested for COVID-19.
"Of these, there were two new positive tests.
"Players or club staff who have tested positive will self-isolate for a period of 10 days.
"The Premier League is providing this aggregated information for the purposes of competition integrity and transparency.
"No specific details as to clubs or individuals will be provided by the League and results will be made public on a weekly basis."
The two positives from the latest round of testing is the lowest since the Premier League began testing late last August.
The first week of testing also yielded the fewest positive results – with three of 1,605 tests coming back positive.
Round 20 of testing, which took place between January 4 and January 10, returned the most positive tests – with 36 of 2,593 discovering traces of covid.
Previous test results
Round 1: 31 Aug-6 Sep – 1,605 tested, with three testing positive
Round 2: 7-13 Sep – 2,131 tested, with four testing positive
Round 3: 14-20 Sep – 1,574 tested, with three testing positive
Round 4: 21-27 Sep – 1,595 tested, with 10 testing positive
Round 5: 28 Sep-4 Oct – 1,587 tested, with nine testing positive
Round 6: 5-11 Oct – 1,128 tested, with five testing positive
Round 7: 12-18 Oct – 1,575 tested, with eight testing positive
Round 8: 19-25 Oct – 1,609 tested, with two testing positive
Round 9: 26 Oct-1 Nov – 1,446 tested, with four testing positive
Round 10: 2-8 Nov – 1,646 tested, with four testing positive
Round 11: 9-15 Nov – 1,207 tested, with 16 testing positive
Round 12: 16-22 Nov – 1,530 tested, with eight testing positive
Round 13: 23-29 Nov – 1,381 tested, with 10 testing positive
Round 14: 30 Nov-6 Dec – 1,483 tested, with 14 testing positive
Round 15: 7-13 Dec – 1,549 tested, with six testing positive
Round 16: 14-20 Dec – 1,569 tested, with seven testing positive
Round 17: 21-27 Dec – 1,479 tested, with 18 being positive
Round 18: 28-31 Dec – 1,311 tested, with 28 being positive
Round 19: 1-3 Jan – 984 tested, with 12 being positive
Round 20: 4-10 Jan – 2,593 tested, with 36 being positive
Round 21: 11-17 Jan – 3,115 tested, with 16 being positive
Round 22: 18-24 Jan – 2,518 tested, with eight being positive
Round 23: 25-31 Jan – 2,957 tested, with seven being positive
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