A file image dated Nov. 11, 2019 shows former presidential candidate Herman Cain at the premiere of the film "No Safe Spaces" at TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images) ATLANTA - Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain was hospitalized Wednesday after testing positive for the novel coronavirus.Cain, 74, was told Monday that he had tested positive for virus, according to a statement shared on his Twitter account.
By Wednesday, he had “developed symptoms serious enough that he required hospitalization.”The statement said he is being treated at an Atlanta-area hospital.