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Coronavirus diagnosed at another Virginia nursing home

At least a second Virginian in an assisted living facility has tested positive for coronavirus. He lives in Fairfax County.

VIRGINIA, USA — Virginia health officials are confirming at least the second case of a person infected with the new coronavirus in an assisted living facility, this one in the Washington suburbs. 

The Fairfax County Health Department reported Thursday morning that a resident of The Kensington Falls Church tested positive. 

A statement says the man has been in isolation since he developed symptoms of respiratory illness Saturday. It says other residents have tested negative. 

Cases of coronavirus in nursing home-type facilities are of particular concern because elderly people are particularly vulnerable. 

About half of the approximately 150 deaths in the U.S. have been in Washington state, where dozens in a suburban Seattle nursing home have died. 

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