TULSA — The first person in Oklahoma has tested positive for coronavirus.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health announced Friday afternoon that a person under investigation for the disease had tested positive for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by coronavirus.

The name of the person who tested positive was not released, but state health officials said it is a man in his 50s who returned from Italy on Feb. 23 and began showing symptoms on Feb. 29. His test had to be sent to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta to be examined.

"First off I want to say that our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family and we wish him a speedy recovery," Gov. Kevin Stitt said at a news conference at the Tulsa Health Department. "At this time there is no evidence of community spread and the risk to the general public remains low."