Hood River County has laboratory confirmation of COVID-19 case number twelve in a local resident. This, as with many of the previous cases, was acquired via community transmission and has no connection to any of our previous cases, stated the Hood River County Health Department in a press release. The person is in self isolation at home according to current guidelines. Hood River County Health Department continues the investigation of this case identifying and notifying those who are considered to be close contacts of this patient. "We will remain in daily communication with all identified cases and their close contacts as current Oregon Health Authority guidance requires," said the press release, "For the protection and privacy of the individuals, no further information will be released ... If you have been identified as a close contact to this person you will be notified. A close contact is currently defined as being within six feet of an infected person for a minimum of fifteen minutes. Close contacts are now being asked to quarantine at home for 14 days after the last date of exposure to the person that has tested positive and to seek testing if they develop any symptoms.
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