The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services says a man from Chatham County has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

State health officials say the man traveled to Italy in late February to an area in the country that has a COVID-19 outbreak.

Chatham County health officials visited the patient's home to collect specimens, which came back positive on Thursday night. State health officials say he is in home isolation until follow-up tests come back negative. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will identify those on the flight with the man from Italy who might be at risk and notify public health officials in those areas.

NCDHHS says this case is unrelated to the first case. That case happened in Wake County.