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A PCR test was conducted on 202 players, managers, coaches, etc.

　On the 20th, a total of 40 people, including pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano (32), Kazuma Okamoto infielder (26), 22 players from the 1, 2, and 3 army, 7 coaches, and 11 staff, were positive for the new coronavirus. Announced that it received. A PCR test was conducted on 202 players, managers, coaches, etc. of the 1st to 3rd armies, and it was revealed after the war against Yakult on the same day. Before the war, a large number of pitchers (23) and two other pitchers had a positive tests, and a total of 57 people were found to be infected in two days, including the 17 people on the previous day.

　One hour and fifteen minutes after losing the game against Yakult. The team announced the test results of the impact. A total of 38 new players, including 20 players including 1st Army regular class such as Kanno, Kazu Okamoto, Nakata, Maru, and Oshiro, 7 coaches including Motoki head and offense chief coach, Abe operation and defense chief coach, and 11 staff members. Announced that it received a positive coronavirus test.

　The day before, 17 farm players and staff were positive, and the Eastern League match against Lotte, which was scheduled to be held at the Giants Stadium on the 19th and 20th, was canceled. Due to the spread of the infection, many pitchers, Kikuchi, who was suspected of having contact with the dormitory students, were deregistered as participating players as special 2022 players on the 19th. Two pitchers turned out to be positive before the match of the day. A total of 57 people were infected in two days. Many, Kanno, Nakata, Kazuma Okamoto, and Maru were selected for the ball banquet on the 26th and 27th, but their participation was hopeless.

　From the 22nd, the final card before the ball banquet, the Chunichi Dragons, will be held at Vantelin Dome, but there is a possibility that there will not be enough members to replenish from the farm, so it must be said that it is difficult to hold the match. The shoemaker, who was scheduled to start in the first game, has also withdrawn. For the past month, many teams such as Softbank, Nippon- Ham, and Yakult have been forced to fight in a difficult team formation due to outbreaks.

　The team lost 2-8 to Yakult on that day. With four consecutive losses, it was the humiliation of the league's fastest 50 losses for the first time in 16 years since 2006, along with Chunichi. The debt turn before the ball banquet was also decided for the first time in four years since 2018. Debt swelled to 5, and an unprecedented outbreak while the team condition did not improve. There are 47 games left. This season, when he won the league title for the first time in two years, the virus was miscalculated, and it was the most important moment.

　The players and coaches who got a positive result in the test on the 20th are as follows.

　[22 players]

Tomoyuki Sugano, Ryuta Heinai, Yuji Akahoshi, Ryusei Oe, Haruto Inoue, M. Shoemaker, many, Daiki Kikuchi, Takuzo Oshiro , Yukinori Kishida , Dai Yuasa , Hiroyuki Nakajima , Sho Nakata , Okamoto Kazuma, Takumi Kitamura , Riku Masuda , Yoshihiro Maru , Seiya Matsubara , Takumaru Yaoban, Ryu Tomita, Yusuke Ito , Hayato Hirama

　[7 coaches]

Daisuke Motoki 1st army head and offense chief coach

Shinnosuke Abe 1st army operation and defense chief coach

Shuichi Murata 1st army batting and infield defense coach

Fumi Yokokawa 1st army batting coach

Kazushige Mimatsu 1st army battery coach

Yoshinori Murata 1 Army Bull Pen Coach

Koichi Misawa 2 Army Pitcher Coach

　[11 staff]

1 army staff 9 people, 2 army staff 1 person, 3 army staff 1 person

　<< Successive outbreaks >> In July, outbreaks have been occurring one after another in 12 teams. From the 8th to the 15th, Yakult received a positive test for a total of 29 players and staff, including coach Takatsu. From the 12th to the 20th, 21 people were positive for Seibu, 43 people for Hiroshima from the 17th to this day, and 20 people for Nippon-Ham, including Director Shinjo, after the 17th. In addition, a total of 21 people were positive for Softbank from June 25th to July 1st. The giant became an explosive infection on both scales for a period of 57 people in two days on the 19th and 20th.