On Sunday morning, Virginia health officials announced a second confirmed case of the coronavirus in Virginia. Both people who have the virus are in northern Virginia.
The latest case to be announced is for a person in the city of Fairfax who is in their 80s, according to a spokesperson for the Virginia Department of Health. They traveled on a similar Nile River cruise as other positive coronavirus patients.
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“The patient began to develop symptoms of respiratory illness on Feb. 28, was hospitalized on March 5, and remains in stable condition,” the spokesperson said in a statement.
Health officials are expected to give a public briefing Sunday at 1 p.m. in Fairfax, in which they say they will provide more information on the investigations and what’s being done to identify and monitor cases.
On Saturday, the Pentagon announced that a U.S. Marine assigned to Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County tested positive.