As coronavirus cases dwindle in Taiwan, baseball fans will be allowed back into stadiums on Friday evening, though with a cap on numbers.

Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center agreed on Wednesday that starting Friday, the Chinese Professional Baseball League could admit up to 1,000 fans per game. The four-team league has played in empty stadiums since the beginning of the season on April 12.

"If all goes well, we'll gradually increase it to 2,000 to 2,500 per game," Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung told Kyodo News.