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The safety of everyone is a priority and the Premier League is taking all precautionary steps in response to the impact of the Omicron variant. The League has reverted to its Emergency Measures, and has increased testing of players and club staff.
The League can today, January 3 confirm that between Monday, December 27, 2021 and Sunday, January 2, 2022; 14,250 COVID-19 tests were administered on players and club staff. Of these, there were 94 new positive cases (0.65 per cent). This is the first week-by-week decrease in positive results for eight weeks.
The Premier League’s COVID-19 Emergency Measures include protocols such as wearing face coverings while indoors, observing social distancing, limiting treatment time, as well as the increased testing.
The League is continuing to work with clubs to keep people safe by helping mitigate the risks of COVID-19 within their squads.
We are also liaising closely with the Government, local authorities and supporter groups, while being responsive to any future changes to national or local guidance.
The Premier League is providing this aggregated information for the purposes of competition integrity and transparency. No specific details as to clubs or individuals will be provided by the League and results will be made public on a weekly basis.
Previous test results
Round 1: August 2-8 – 3.118 tested, with nine testing positive.
Round 2: August 9-15 – 3.231 tested, with 11 testing positive.
Round 3: August 16-22 – 3.060 tested, with 16 testing positive.
Round 4: August 23-29 – 3.020 tested, with six testing positive.
Round 5: August 30 – September 5 – 1.952 tested, with two testing positive.
Round 6: September 6-12 – 3.039 tested, with three testing positive.
Round 7: September 13-19 – 3.154 tested, with three testing positive.
Round 8: September 20-26 – 3.010 tested, with one testing positive.
Round 8: September 27 – October 3 – 2.927 tested, with four testing positive.
Round 9: October 4-10 – 1.696 tested, with zero testing positive.
Round 10: October 11-17 – 3.044 tested, with six testing positive.
Round 11: October 18-24 – 3.209 tested, with four testing positive.
Round 12: October 25-31 – 3.006 tested, with four testing positive.
Round 13: November 1-7 – 2.953 tested, with three testing positive.
Round 14: November 8-14 – 1.647 tested, with four testing positive.
Round 15: November 15-21 – 3.188 tested, with six testing positive.
Round 16: November 22-28 – 3.379 tested, with seven testing positive.
Round 17: November 29 – December 5 – 3.154 tested, with 12 testing positive.
Round 18: December 6-12 – 3.805 tested, with 42 testing positive.
Round 19: December 13-19 – 12.345 tested, with 90 testing positive.
Round 20: December 20-26 – 15.186 tested, with 103 testing positive.
