Washington, D.C., Confirms First Case of Coronavirus – Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal

      

WASHINGTON — The nation’s capital confirmed its first case of coronavirus on Saturday, while a pair of prominent advocacy groups reported that three people tested positive for the virus after attending conferences around Washington, DC

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said Saturday night that a man in his 50 s had begun to show symptoms of illness late last month and was admitted to a DC hospital on March 5. His lab tests “yielded a presumptive positive” result, she said.

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