The New York Mets announced Saturday night that all members of their traveling party returning from Miami have tested negative for the coronavirus. The tests were conducted Thursday evening and again Friday morning.
The team said test results for close contacts of those who stayed in Miami were also negative.
The Mets had their game of Thursday in Miami, as their weekend series against the New York Yankees postponed after two members of their traveling party – one player and one staff member, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan and multiple reports – tested positive for COVID -19 while the team was in Miami.
The Mets said their traveling party remains in self-isolation and will be checked daily. The team canceled by the weekend scheduled workouts at Citi Field.
New York’s next scheduled game is Tuesday night at home against the Marlins. The Mets said they will be waiting for more schedule information from Major League Baseball.
The positive tests are the first confirmed within the Mets organization since the season began. Judge Brad Brach missed camp for press season and confirmed that he has tested positive for the coronavirus.
The league has now postponed 36 games this season due to positive tests among the Mets, Marlins, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds. The Yankees have twice suspended their schedule despite reporting zero positive tests since opening day.
MLB said Friday that seven of 12,485 samples collected from players and coaches returned positive COVID-19 results last week, a positive rate of 0.05%.
Three of the positives were players and four were staff members. Of all the samples collected by MLB this season, 0.1% returned positive, and 19 teams tested positive as a player as a staff member.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
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