The Premier League said on Monday found 94 new Covid-19 cases among players and staff in the last week, the first week of the decline in positive results for eight weeks.
“(We) can today confirm that between Monday, December 27, 2021 and Sunday 2 January 2022, 14,250 Covid-19 tests were given to players and club staff.
Of these, there were 94 new positive cases (0.65%),” said League), “said the league in a statement.
That figure continues to increase in recent weeks with 90 positive testing between 13-19 December and a record of 103 cases between December 20-26 -19 at various clubs, while the team is often forced to involve a weakening line-up.
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp and Alisson Becker, Roberto Firmino and Joel Matip from the playing squad skip a 2-2 draw at Chelsea on Sunday after returning a positive test.
Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte told reporters on Monday that they “monitored” some of the new Covid-19 cases that might be at the club.
“We checked out some situations, we would see.
We did not do this (named) in the past and we will continue to do this in the same way.
We are not 100% sure they will lose the game, “Conte said before the first leg of the League Cup Wednesday to Chelsea.