LONDON: English women's soccer has seen a spike in coronavirus infections with 32 positives after tests on 864 players and club staff in the top two leagues.
It is the highest number of COVID-19 cases announced by the English Football Association from weekly tests at clubs in the Women's Super League and Women's Championship - more than in the previous seven weeks combined.
The larger number of positives almost 4 per cent of those tested comes amid concerns about a new variant strain of COVID-19 spreading in England.
The previous highest number of positives announced by the FA in a single week was 10 team cases detected between October 19-25.
Teams are now on a winter break until next month after playing their last games on Sunday.
Chelsea's game against Tottenham was postponed last weekend due to an outbreak within the WSL champion's squad.