A top aide to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has died from the coronavirus, she announced Friday.
George Valentine, the deputy director of the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel, died Friday morning of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, after being admitted to the hospital Wednesday, Ms. Bowser said.
“It’s devastating for everybody, of course we are very sorry,” Ms. Bowser said, noting that Mr. Valentine had worked for D.C. government for two decades. She said city officials are tracing his movements and contacts.