UPDATED (12:28 p.m. PT) The Oregon Health Authority announced Multnomah County’s first case of the novel coronavirus Tuesday.
The state now has 15 reported cases of the virus.
The COVID-19 virus, a relative of other viruses like SARS, was first identified in Wuhan, China, late last year.
The Multnomah County case is a person who is receiving treatment at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Portland. The person had no known contact with a confirmed case and had not traveled to a country where the virus is circulating.
OHA and Multnomah County said they are working to identify and isolate any people who may have been in close contact with the person.
The one positive case was out of a batch of 52 pending tests. All of the other tests were negative.
OHA said it is beginning to receive test results from two commercial labs — Quest and LabCorp.
The health authority also said it received eight additional test kits from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, increasing its testing capacity to up to 4,800 per month.
Washington Cases
More than 20 people have died in the U.S. from the virus. Most of those deaths have been in the Seattle area.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said he believes there may be more than 1,000 novel coronavirus cases in Washington, according to KUOW.
As of Tuesday morning there are 162 reported coronavirus cases in Washington, according to the Washington Department of Health.
This story will be updated.
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