West Virginia Governor Jim Justice "extremely unwell" after testing positive for COVID-19

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice said Tuesday night that he's feeling "extremely unwell" after testing positive for COVID-19. The 70-year-old governor, who said he is fully vaccinated and boosted, is receiving a monoclonal antibody treatment to help alleviate his symptoms. 

In a statement from his office, the Republican governor said he woke up Tuesday morning with congestion and a cough, and quickly developed a headache and fever. Though he tested negative on a rapid test, his blood pressure and heart rate were "extremely elevated" and he had a high fever, he said. Later that day, a PCR test came back positive. 

Justice is isolating at home, according to the statement. His wife, Cathy Justice, tested negative on Tuesday night. His positive test came just a day before he was slated to deliver the annual State of the State address, which will now be distributed as a written message.