Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana, has tested positive for the coronavirus, his office said Thursday.
The senator plans to follow guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control Prevention, including self-quarantine for the next 14 days and warn people with whom he may have come in contact about the diagnosis, he said.
Cassidy, 62, was tested for COVID-19 after being informed on Wednesday that he had been exposed to an individual with the virus.
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“I strictly follow the direction of our medical experts and strongly encourage others to do the same,” Cassidy said in a statement.
The House of Representatives is in recession and is not expected to return to Washington until Sept. 8.
On Wednesday, the same day he was warned of his potential exposure to the virus, Cassidy visited a veterans’ hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana, according to his Twitter account.
Cassidy is the latest legislator for Congress to test positive for the virus and the second U.S. senator.
To date, at least 11 members of Congress have been infected with COVID-19, according to data compiled by GovTrack.us, an organization that monitors lawmakers and their voting records.
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That includes reps Louie Gohmert, R-Texas; Mike Kelly, R-Penn .; Mario Diaz Balart, R-Fla .; Morgan Griffith, R-Va., And Ben McAdams, D-Utah.
In late March, Kentucky, scenario Rand Paul, a Republican, became the first senator to announce that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
A medical doctor, Cassidy was elected to the House of Representatives in 2014.
