The English Premier League has reported a record 103 Covid-19 cases in the week leading up to Boxing Day.
"The League can today confirm that between Monday 20 December and Sunday 26 December, 15,186 COVID-19 tests were administered on players and club staff," the Premier League said in a statement on Monday."Of these, there were 103 new positive cases."The 103 cases are an increase on the previous week -- Dec 13-19 -- when 90 players and staff tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
"The League is continuing to work with clubs to keep people safe by helping mitigate the risks of COVID-19 within their squads," the statement added.READ: Fans left in the lurch by Premier League's Covid crisisGames called offThe League said it was releasing the case numbers in the interest of transparency and competition integrity but added it would not be releasing the names of the players and teams where the diagnoses had taken place.
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