Rakuten, a professional baseball player, announced that it was confirmed that Tsuyoshi Yamazaki and Ginji, who had been playing in the 1st army until the 23rd, were infected with the new coronavirus.
According to Rakuten, Yamazaki was found to be positive in the PCR test conducted by the team on the night of the 23rd.
In addition, Ginji complained of poor physical condition, so he was removed from the registration of the 1st Army player as a special case by the new Corona on the 24th, and the subsequent test revealed a positive result.
Yamazaki and Ginji started in the Seibu match in Saitama on the night of the 23rd, but were replaced at the end of the match.
Rakuten also said that by the 24th, one staff member of the 1st Army, 4 players of the 2nd Army, and 1 staff member had been confirmed to be infected with the new corona.