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Test results negative for suspected Virginia coronavirus cases

The coronavirus tests of two people in Virginia, including one in Northern Virginia, who were awaiting results have come back negative.

The Virginia Department of Health posted the results on their coronavirus website on Friday afternoon.

There are still three people in Maryland awaiting results.

Five people in D.C. have been tested, and all have come back negative, as have two previous cases in Maryland and six in Virginia.

There have been no confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the District, Maryland or Virginia.


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There are 60 patients in the U.S. Worldwide, the virus has struck more than 83,000 people, with more than 2,800 deaths.

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