In Rhineland-Palatinate , a 41-year-old soldier tested positive for coronavirus .
On 28 February , Aachen confirmed the first COVID-19 case in the region , a woman from Herzogenrath ( Aachen district ) , who had attended the carnival event in Gangelt on 15 February and underwent home isolation.  confirmed 17 new cases , bringing the current total to 37 cases in the district. On 26 February , a 41-year-old soldier who worked in Cologne-Wahn military airport and had attended a Gangeler Carnival in Gangelt with the 47-year-old patient from North Rhine-Westphalia was admitted to Bundeswehr Central Hospital , Koblenz , the first case in Rhineland-Palatinate .