EFL Confirm 9 Positive Coronavirus Tests From Latest Batch of Championship Testing

The EFL have confirmed that there have been nine new positive tests for coronavirus come back from the latest round of testing at clubs.

One of the rules to allow English football leagues to resume their 2019/20 seasons has been frequent testing, something that began in the Premier League and has followed through into the lower leagues as clubs prepare for football's return.

Tottenham were the latest top flight club to have one of their tests come back positive, and now in the Championship, following tests taken by 1094 club and playing staff, nine have come back with a positive diagnosis. The EFL confirmed this on a statement issued on their official website.

The statement read: "Following the latest round of COVID-19 testing, the EFL can confirm that 1094 players and Club staff from the 24 Championship Clubs were tested over the course of Saturday 30 May, Sunday 31 May, Monday 1 June and Tuesday 2 June with nine individuals testing positive from six Clubs.

"Those players or Club staff who have tested positive will now self-isolate in line with the guidelines provided by the EFL and only those who have tested negative will be permitted to enter training ground facilities."

It was also confirmed that while no testing has taken place in League One, four clubs tested from League Two - a total of 126 individual tests - were undertaken with no positive results.

The news comes off the back of confirmation that the Championship is to resume the current campaign on 20 June, with the remaining fixtures - nine each - of the 24 clubs to happen within a one-month period prior to the play-off fixtures

This sudden spike in positive results will be of concern, as the previous round revealed three confirmed cases from two different clubs.

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