Sudbury Resident Tests Positive For Coronavirus

SUDBURY, MA — A Sudbury resident has tested positive for the new coronavirus, COVID-19, according to town health officials. The case is "presumptive positive," which means that the test has not yet been confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control.

The Sudbury case comes as state officials on Tuesday announced that the total number of cases in Massachusetts has risen to 92. The number was 41 as of the Monday afternoon. Gov. Charlie Baker has also declared a state of emergency over the spreading outbreak.

The Sudbury resident is being treated at a local hospital, according to the town. The person's family is under quarantine. The town highlighted that the person has no connection to Lincoln-Sudbury High School.

Up until now, health officials had traced most of the state's cases to a Biogen conference held in Boston in February. But now the disease is spreading person-to-person, signifying a new phase in transmission.

There are now 41 cases in Middlesex County, 22 in Norfolk, 20 in Suffolk, 7 in Berkshire County, 1 in Essex County, and 1 in Worcester County. Fifty-two of the positive cases are men and 40 are women.

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