DC Mayor Muriel Bowser tests positive for COVID-19

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has tested positive for COVID-19.

Bowser made the announcement Thursday morning on X after testing positive the day before. "Yesterday, I tested positive for COVID-19," she wrote. "I'm disappointed to not be able to celebrate the first day of Pre-K with our littlest learners. I will continue to follow public health guidelines."

Bowser previously tested positive for COVID-19 in 2022.

She lost her only sister and oldest sibling, Mercia Bowser, to complications related to COVID-19 in 2021.

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DC Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks at the DC Emergency Operations Center in Washington, DC, on July 2, 2024. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)