Four more Osaka Evessa players test positive for COVID-19

TOKYO - The Osaka Evessa basketball club in Japan's B League Division 1 announced that four more of their players have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of infected players in the squad to 11.

A team official has also been confirmed as being infected with coronavirus.

The club announced their first infected player on April 2. The unnamed player complained of symptoms on March 28, three days after a team training session with five teammates who dined with people from outside the club on March 24.

All those five players have since tested positive.

Osaka has more infected players than any other professional sports team in Japan. None of the players' names have been revealed.