Giles County sees first cases of COVID-19

Both people are self-isolating at home

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GILES COUNTY, Va. – Two people in Giles County have the new coronavirus (COVID-19), the Virginia Department of Health (VDH)'s New River Health District announced on Sunday.

Both are self-isolating at home and VDH says health department staff are conducting a contact investigation to identify those who had contacts with the patients.

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Due to patient privacy reasons, VDH isn’t releasing any other information about the two people.

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