Professional baseball and Orix announced that a total of four people, including catcher Kenya Wakatsuki and three staff members, were newly infected with the new coronavirus, and since the beginning of this month, 12 people have been confirmed to be infected within the team. rice field.
According to the team, four people including Wakatsuki were positive in the screening test of the new corona conducted by the team on the 10th, so four people have no symptoms and are being treated away from the team. is.
The newly infected Wakatsuki player, who is in his ninth year as a professional player, is a catcher with a bullish lead, and has played in 10 games so far this season.
At Orix, Torai Fushimi and Yuma Tongu were also infected, and all three catchers registered as players in the 1st Army were infected at the opening.
Also, since the beginning of this month, the number of confirmed infections within the team has increased to 12.