Back to the Premier League Newsfeed

Coronavirus infection rate among Premier League footballers and staff is THREE TIMES higher than figure for England as a whole, data shows

Coronavirus is more common among Premier League footballers and staff than it is across England as a whole, data revealed today.

Six players and members of staff from three separate top-flight clubs tested positive for COVID-19 - a rate of 0.8 per cent from 748 people swabbed.

But that figure is almost three times higher than the rate uncovered in a government testing survey across England, which was published last week.

The first round of random public testing identified only 33 positive cases of COVID-19 out of a sample of 10,705 people - a level of 0.