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Man with ‘presumptive positive’ case of COVID-19 in Tarrant County identified as Episcopal rector in Fort Worth
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The man with the first “presumptive positive” case of COVID-19 in Tarrant County has been identified as the rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth officials said Wednesday morning.
Rev. Dr. Robert Pace has been hospitalized in isolation, diocese officials said. His wife, who is also a reverend, has tested negative but is remaining in self-quarantine at home for 14 days.
He was tested Monday at a local hospital and admitted with pneumonia. He received the results around 5 p.m. Tuesday. His case is considered a presumptive positive until the CDC confirms it.
Pace spoke at the church’s Lenten program on March 4, which had about 45 people attend. The Tarrant County Public Health department has identified those who were at the service and plan to call them beginning Wednesday afternoon to discuss their health...
...He had gone to Kentucky to attend a conference of Episcopal parishes in Louisville from Feb. 19 through Feb. 22. A conference attendee later tested positive for the disease, but Pace said he did not knowingly have any contact with that person.
The first DC case was an Episcopal rector—don’t know if he was at the conference.
This could be another Biogen...