Coronavirus: Giants finally receive July 4 test results, plan to resume workouts

The Giants are still awaiting the results from tests conducted on Monday.

After an initial delay in the processing of coronavirus tests at a Salt Lake City lab, the San Francisco Giants have received all of their results from COVID-19 tests on July 4 and will resume workouts at Oracle Park on Wednesday.

The team said all tests of players and staff came back negative.

The news comes a day after the Giants announced they were temporarily suspending workouts when players, coaches and staff who were tested on Saturday had not received their results.

Manager Gabe Kapler said he anticipated “hiccups” in the testing process and understood the delay after canceling Tuesday’s workout. After speaking with officials at the MLB league office, Kapler expressed optimism the team would have results by Wednesday and be prepared to resume workouts.

The Giants’ first-year manager was not concerned that missing a day of practice would be a major setback for the club as it prepares for a July 23 season-opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

“We think that a mental recovery day, after three days of going really hard, there’s some benefit to that,” Kapler said Tuesday.

Giants pitcher Luis Madero, 2019 first-round draft choice Hunter Bishop and two “individuals” who the organization has not received permission to identify are the only known people associated with the club to have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last two weeks.

It is not believed the unidentified individuals are players or members of the Giants coaching staff.

Giants players were tested again on Monday for the coronavirus as players and coaches are expected to be tested every two days. It is unclear when the Giants will receive results from Monday’s tests, but Kapler expressed hope the results could be turned around by Wednesday.