Professional baseball player DeNA has announced that Taishi Ota has been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
According to the team, Ota had symptoms of fever and headache on the 11th, so when an antigen test was performed, it was positive.
Due to the special case of the new coronavirus, the player registration for the first army has been canceled and he is currently recuperating away from the team.
Ota has participated in 37 games by the 10th, and has a batting average of 20%, 9 minutes, 2 rins, 5 home runs, and 14 RBIs. contributed to the victory.
At DeNA, since August 9, Yamato, the main player, and Tatsuo Ebina, an outfielder who has participated in 58 games so far, have been tested positive for the new coronavirus.