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Livingston County Sheriff Michael J. Murphy tests positive for COVID-19

Posted at 7:26 PM, Dec 07, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-07 19:26:29-05

(WXYZ) — Livingston County Sheriff Michael J. Murphy says he has tested positive for COVID-19.

Murphy says his wife is considered a presumptive positive, as she was never tested but had the same symptoms he did.

The sheriff describes those symptoms as “mild flu/cold” with loss of taste and smell.

Murphy says they are both doing very well he will be back to work Thursday.

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