A U.S. Marine assigned to Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia, has tested positive for COVID-19, Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Rath Hoffman announced on March. 7, marking the first confirmed case of the disease in the state.
The Marine, who Hoffman did not name, is being treated at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital after recently returning from overseas where he was on official business, the spokesman said. The White House has been notified and the Secretary of Defense has been briefed, the statement added.
