MLB Announces 6 Total Positives for COVID-19 in Latest Round of Testing

Before Major League Baseball's first full day of regular-season games, the league announced the results from its latest round of coronavirus testing.

MLB said Friday there were six positive tests out of 10,939 administered in the past week, bringing the total to 99 positives from 32,640 tests since the program began.

The positive tests were from four players and two team staffers. Twenty-eight teams have had a positive test either during intake screening or monitoring.

MLB doesn't officially announce the names of anyone who tests positive, though some have leaked out during the process.

ESPN's Jeff Passan reported Thursday that Juan Soto would miss the Washington Nationals' opener against the New York Yankees because of a positive COVID-19 test.

Per Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo, Soto received his results Thursday, two days following his most recent test. Rizzo told reporters the All-Star outfielder is asymptomatic and the rest of the team was eligible to play after receiving contact tracing.

MLB also reported six positive tests last week out of 10,548 samples.

As part of MLB's health and safety protocols for the 2020 season, players and staffers for all 30 teams are tested for the coronavirus every other day.

Players who test positive must immediately quarantine and return two negative tests in order to rejoin their teams.