Politico: Top official in Marine Corps tests positive for COVID-19

Gen. Gary Thomas, the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Marines, Report says, citing Politico.

The Marines' number two general had been in quarantine, along with nine other top military officers in the Joint Chiefs of Staff, following a positive test for a full Coast Guard admiral who had tested positive for the virus.
"On Wednesday, the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Gary L. Thomas, tested positive for COVID-19," according to a Marine Corps statement. "He had been in self-quarantine since Tuesday, October 6, out of an abundance of caution following notification of close contact with a person who later tested positive for the virus."

Assistant Marine Commandant Gen. Gary Thomas was among top military officers who put themselves under quarantine this week after Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard Adm. Charles Ray tested positive on Monday.