Officials announced 13 confirmed or presumed positive cases of the coronavirus in Orange County as of Friday, March 13, including the first patient who appears to have contracted the illness locally.

The number of confirmed cases was at six as of Wednesday, all had been asked to self quarantine.

The patient, a woman in her 50s, is currently hospitalized in isolation, the OC Health Care Agency said in a press release. Its staffers are contacting those who may have been exposed and are investigating how she might have contracted the virus.

As for other cases, 10 are travel related, while two involve someone who had contact with a known COVID-19 case. Five are younger than 49, five are between the ages of 50 and 64 and three are over 65.

OC Health Care Agency Director Richard Sanchez said the county can only release the patients’ gender and age range, citing privacy concerns.

For the first time, officials also disclosed at an afternoon press conference how many people the county’s health care agency has the resources now to test: 1,124. And, how many people have already been tested: 134.

County officials said they were only able to order test kits in the last couple of weeks. Testing was conducted previously by federal officials, they said.

And more testing kits are on the way, officials said.

“We know it’s an evolving number,” Sanchez said. “We feel we have a sufficient number at the moment.”

County officials, however, emphasized not everyone can, or needs, to be tested.

State and federal governments give test kits to county staff for a specific population, Sanchez said. That includes people who have severe respiratory conditions, have had close contact with those who tested positive or have traveled from countries where the coronavirus is widespread, said David Souleles, the county health agency’s deputy director of public health services.

For those who don’t fall under those categories, hospitals and other private health care providers can also order tests, Sanchez said.

The OC Health Care Agency will update on its website daily at 5 p.m. the number of people it can test, Orange County Third District Supervisor Andrew Do said. “We have heard from residents they would like to know more of the basic information, such as how many test kits we have on hand. It would put a lot of people’s minds at ease.”

The Board of Supervisors will also increase its meeting schedule to weekly to get public updates on the spread of coronavirus and how county agencies are dealing with, Orange County Second District Supervisor Michelle Steel said. “We must provide transparency to the public.”

The OC Health Care Agency’s website where updates are posted is ochealthinfo.com/novel_coronavirus.