House Speaker Philip Gunn tests positive for COVID-19

House Speaker Philip Gunn says he has tested positive for the coronavirus.

Deaths.- - house speaker philip gunn says- he has tested positive for the- coronavirus.- gunn said in a video posted to- facebook that he got tested - because he had been in close- proximity to another member - of the house who tested - positive.

- gunn, a republican from the - jackson suburb of - clinton, is the state's highest- ranking political figure to - publicly disclose a positive- test for the virus.

- in recent weeks he has been - intimately involved in- discussions over changing the - state's flag to