The state health department on Friday announced Western Pennsylvania’s first presumptive positive case of COVID-19 has been discovered in Washington County.
According to our new partners at WPXI, The patient is an adult and was tested after going to a doctor for flu-like symptoms. It is unclear at this point how the patient came in contact with the virus.
To date, there are 41 total cases of the virus in the state: 35 are presumptive positive cases, which are confirmed by the state health department but not the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Six are confirmed cases.