DeNA, a professional baseball player, announced that it has been confirmed that its flagship Soto player is infected with the new coronavirus.
According to the team, Soto had symptoms such as fever on the 21st, so a PCR test was found to be positive.
He is currently in quarantine and recuperating.
Soto is the main force of the team and has participated in 73 games this season with a batting average of 20%, 6 minutes, 8 home runs, 9 home runs, and 31 RBIs.
Since the 10th of this month, DeNA has confirmed the infection to three people, including Taiga Kamichatani and Katsuki Azuma, who served as the opening pitcher.
In addition, two people, including pitcher Kazuki Mishima, have been voluntarily quarantined on suspicion of close contact.