<p class="bodytext">Sixteen people tested positive for the coronavirus in the latest round of checks on players and club staff in the Premier League, England's top division said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is the highest number of positive tests recorded in a single week since testing began ahead of the return of football in June after the sport's suspension amid the pandemic.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The league said 1,207 players and club staff were tested from Nov. 9-15. That number would not have included players away from their clubs on international duty.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The people who have tested positive, whose names have not been disclosed by the league, must self-isolate for 10 days.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Sixteen people tested positive for the coronavirus in the latest round of checks on players and club staff in the Premier League, England's top division said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is the highest number of positive tests recorded in a single week since testing began ahead of the return of football in June after the sport's suspension amid the pandemic.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The league said 1,207 players and club staff were tested from Nov. 9-15. That number would not have included players away from their clubs on international duty.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The people who have tested positive, whose names have not been disclosed by the league, must self-isolate for 10 days.</p>