EFL reveal latest coronavirus test results with double hit for Leeds United's promotion rivals

Two of those individuals are from Leeds United's promotion rivals Fulham while Blackburn Rovers have also revealed that captain Elliott Bennett has also tested positive for coronavirus.

A total of 1030 players and club staff were tested over the course of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday as part of the second round of tests.

The three players or club staff who have tested positive will now self-isolate in line with the guidelines provided by the EFL and only those who have tested negative will be permitted to enter training ground facilities.

The EFL say they will continue to make regular and relevant announcements as appropriate in respect of the testing programme to support competition integrity and transparency.

No specific details as to clubs or individuals are being provided by the League.

But a statement released by third-placed Fulham on Thursday morning read: "After the second round of league-wide testing for COVID-19 completed by Fulham FC players and staff this week at the Club’s training facility, we can confirm that two players have tested positive for Coronavirus."

"Both players, who shall remain unnamed due to medical confidentiality, are now self-isolating in line with league and government guidance."

Blackburn, who sit tenth and just three points off the play-offs, then confirmed that captain Elliott Bennett had tested positive for COVID-19 following the latest round of EFL tests.

Rovers said in a statement on their website: "Having initially submitted a negative test last Friday (May 22nd), Bennett took a second test on Monday (May 25th), which has now provided a positive result.

"The 31-year-old, who is asymptomatic and feeling no ill effects, will now self-isolate at home for the next seven days and provided he develops no symptoms, he will, in line with medical protocols, return to training with his Rovers team-mates on Friday June 5."

Bennett told Blackburn's official website: “I feel fit and healthy.

“Hopefully this sends out a positive message to the community that perhaps many people have or have had the virus without showing any effects.

“I obviously would never have known if we hadn’t returned to training and taken the tests, because I don’t feel unwell and have got no symptoms whatsoever.

“There seems to have been a lot of hysteria about footballers returning to training, but it’s not a big deal at all.

"It’s the people who are seriously ill in hospital that we need to worry about, not footballers who are fit and healthy, and who aren’t showing any signs of being unwell.”

Blackburn said that 'of the 44 players and staff to be tested at the club’s Academy on Monday, Bennett was the only individual to provide a positive test.

The players and coaching staff who were in the same group as Bennett for Monday’s small group training session have subsequently been re-tested and have again provided negative results. A further 44 tests will be carried out by the club today.'

Leeds United returned to tailored training on Monday with only two individuals from one fellow Championship club having been tested positive for coronavirus as part of the first set of tests across the division.

Both individuals were from fourth-bottom Hull City.