A health care provider in Linn County has been diagnosed with the new coronavirus, local health officials said Wednesday, signaling yet another turn in Oregon’s corner of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

The person does not work at the state veterans nursing home in Lebanon, which has 14 elderly residents infected with the disease, half of them over 90 years old.

The Oregon Health Authority would not say what kind of health care provider the person is or where they work.

Doctors, nurses and other professionals in the medical field are at particular risk of catching the disease because their jobs bring them into close contact with sick people. A diagnosis also could be a danger because people in the profession interact closely with others.

The Linn County Department of Health Services released no other information about the health care provider who tested positive. Anyone who has come into contact with the person will be notified, the department said in a news release.

Linn County is the site of the state’s first and so far only senior care home to have residents diagnosed with COVID-19. In addition to the residents there who are sick, an employee at the facility has also tested positive.

-- Fedor Zarkhin

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