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Astros Announce 1 Player Recently Tested Positive at Team Facility for COVID-19

A third Major League Baseball club has announced a confirmed case of the coronavirus at their facilities.

One Houston Astros player tested positive for COVID-19 at the team's West Palm Beach campus in Florida.

The club did not release the name of the player, but it told Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle that the case was discovered "several" days ago.

Minute Maid Park in Houston remains open to players for workouts, though no decision on the West Palm Beach facilities has been announced.

This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.