Tom Rice, a Republican member of the US House of Representatives, said on Monday that he, his wife and his son has all contracted COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.
Taking to facebook, Rice wrote that all three had had symptoms, but were recovering.
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He further posted “We are finishing our quarantine and looking forward to seeing you again”.
Rice represents South Carolina, which has seen a marked increase in cases since it became one of the first states to reopen. South Carolina was also one of the last states to order a lockdown.
On May 8, Vice President Mike Pence’s Press Secretary Katie Miller had tested positive for the coronavirus.
On March 24, President Trump’s wife and First Lady, Melania Trump had tested negative for the novel coronavirus.
Earlier, Trump had tested negative for the deadly virus.
Vice President Pence and his wife both had tested negative for the virus earlier.
The United States has recorded 382 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing its death toll to 115,729, according to a tally Sunday by Johns Hopkins University.
This was the lowest 24-hour toll in the US since it peaked in mid-April. It has been averaging 800 or so a day recently.
But the country continues to register around 20,000 new cases of coronavirus each day and is struggling to come down from that plateau as infection rates fluctuate around the country.
Trump’s administration allows that there are new flare-ups in coronavirus caseloads in some states but insists there will be no shutdown of the economy if a second full-blown wave arises.
