Attorney General Merrick B. Garland has tested positive for the coronavirus.

Legal professional Common Merrick B. Garland stated Wednesday that he had examined constructive for the coronavirus shortly after Gina Raimondo, the commerce secretary, and Consultant Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, the assistant Home speaker, introduced their very own constructive exams.

The three have been the newest in a collection of distinguished Democrats in Congress and the Biden administration to say they’d examined constructive for the coronavirus.

The Justice Division stated in an announcement that Mr. Garland, 69, requested to be examined after studying that he could have been uncovered. Mr. Garland, who’s vaccinated and boosted, was not experiencing signs and deliberate to do business from home for a minimum of 5 days, the division stated. He won’t return to the workplace earlier than he exams detrimental on the finish of that interval.

A White Home official stated President Biden, who has not examined constructive for the coronavirus, was not thought of an in depth contact. The official was not approved to talk publicly and requested for anonymity.

Ms. Raimondo, 50, examined constructive after taking an at-home antigen check, Commerce Division stated in an announcement on Wednesday. The secretary, who’s absolutely vaccinated and boosted, was experiencing gentle signs and would isolate and work from home for 5 days earlier than taking one other check, in accordance with tips from the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention, the division stated.

Her workplace stated it was conducting contact tracing and was within the means of notifying folks with whom she could have been in shut contact.

Ms. Clark, 58, said on Twitter on Wednesday morning that she had examined constructive for the virus and was experiencing gentle signs. She stated she had been vaccinated and boosted.

“I’m grateful to our well being care professionals and researchers who’ve given us the instruments to handle this lethal virus,” she stated.

Ms. Raimondo and Ms. Clark introduced their check outcomes a day after three different distinguished Democrats — Representatives Joaquin Castro of Texas, Adam Schiff of California and Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida — stated they’d examined constructive for the coronavirus.

The constructive exams are a reminder that, at the same time as prime officers search to pivot away from strict restrictions and encourage People to study to stay with the coronavirus, the pandemic continues, pushed by the emergence of a brand new, extremely contagious subvariant whose unfold is alarming consultants.

In March, a minimum of 9 Home Democrats introduced constructive exams in a span of 5 days, with greater than half of these circumstances rising after lawmakers attended a celebration retreat in Philadelphia. Two different lawmakers who didn’t attend the retreat additionally examined constructive throughout the identical time.

Hillary Clinton and Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, additionally examined constructive for the virus in March, as did Jen Psaki, the White Home press secretary, who examined constructive for the second time in 5 months, sooner or later earlier than she was scheduled to affix Mr. Biden on a diplomatic journey to Europe.

Katie Rogers contributed reporting.