Okinawa Marines announce 41 new coronavirus cases related to cluster outbreak

A Marine from Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division conducts a temperature check at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, July 13, 2020. JUAN CARPANZANO/U.S. MARINE CORP

Okinawa Marines announce 41 new coronavirus cases related to cluster outbreak

Stars and Stripes

July 24, 2020

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The Marine Corps on Okinawa reported 41 new cases of the coronavirus Friday, bringing to 196 the total from two clusters discovered after Fourth of July weekend.

The latest cases involve 27 Marines from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma and 14 from Camp Hansen, Marine Corps Installations Pacific spokesman Maj. Ken Kunze wrote Friday in an email to Stars and Stripes.

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