Lane County declares the first case of COVID-19

Eugene, SpringfieldLane County all had made crisis announcements in anticipation ofresponse with the impacts COVID-19 is having on local public healththe economy

The first individual to test positive for COVID-19 in Lane County is a 69-year-old occupant of the Eugene-Springfield territory, local health authorities reported Tuesday afternoon

Lane County Health Officer DrPatrick Luedtke said the man lives in a private residencethat he is likely a case of community transmission, which means he didn’t travel to a COVID-19 hotbed or have contact with another known cause

The man is at home, after all, Lane County Public Health suggestionsis medicinally steady, Luedtke saidHis symptoms — a fever, body aches, chills,a light cough — showed up March 1a test was taken by his health care provider on Friday, as per Ludetke

“His presentation initially was very much like a common cold, which is what we’ve been expectingseen in other countries,” Ludetke said.