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Coronavirus Latest: More Than 80 Philadelphia Firefighters Test Positive For COVID-19, Source Says

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - More than 80 members of the Philadelphia Fire Department have tested positive for COVID-19, a source says. Eyewitness News obtained an internal memo from the union that represents firefighters, showing that 81 members have tested positive.

Twenty-nine of those firefighters have returned to work.

Another 138 are either waiting to be tested or waiting for the results.

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