Representative Jahana Hayes Tests Positive for COVID-19

U.S. Democratic congressional candidate Jahana Hayes speaks with a member of the media after filling out her ballot to vote during the midterm election at a voting station in Wolcott, Connecticut, on Nov. 6, 2018. Michelle McLoughlin/Reuters

WASHINGTON—U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday and has decided to quarantine for 14 days, she said on Twitter, becoming the latest member of Congress to test positive for COVID-19.

“I have taken every possible precaution and still contracted coronavirus,” Hayes, a Connecticut Democrat, said in a tweet. Hayes said she was asymptomatic except for breathing issues, which were being monitored.