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Two more cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Kitsap County.

The Kitsap Public Health Department reported Wednesday that two new COVID-19 cases have been found in Kitsap; a North Kitsap resident in their 60s, a South Kitsap resident in their 30s.

There are nine total COVID-19 cases in Kitsap, including three on Bainbridge Islsand.

Health department officials said positive cases have now been identified in all geographic areas of the county: Bainbridge Island, Bremerton, Central Kitsap, North Kitsap, and South Kitsap.

Kitsap health officials reported that it has been notified of 162 negative tests for the virus in the county.