ROANOKE, Va. – State health officials say two suspected cases of coronavirus in Virginia have tested negative.

One was in southwest Virginia and the other in northern Virginia. Six earlier cases also tested negative, meaning there still are no confirmed cases of the virus in the commonwealth and no pending cases.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory illness that can spread from person to person. The virus that causes COVID-19 is a novel coronavirus that was first identified during an investigation into an outbreak in Wuhan, China.