Minnesota has a second case of COVID-19; this time the patient is a Carver County resident who was vacationing in Europe in late February.

The Minnesota Department of Health announced the case Sunday evening. The person is in their late 50s and began developing symptoms March 2.

The person sought care Saturday, and samples tested by the Department of Health came back positive Sunday. This case and the one announced Friday are considered “presumptive” until the Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirms the results.

The patient is quarantined at home and recovering.

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Health officials from the state and Carver County are working to determine everyone the patient was in contact with. Those people will be asked to isolate themselves for two weeks from their date of exposure, the incubation period for the coronavirus.

The virus travels through droplets of saliva and mucus. Kris Ehresmann, director of infectious disease for the Minnesota Department of Health, said generally people within six feet of an infected person for 10 minutes or longer are at risk of contracting the infection.

“We are not worried about people who just walked past them at the grocery store,” Ehresmann said.

Minnesotans who are not at heightened risk of exposure are encouraged to go to the doctor as they normally would if they are sick. “We don’t want people, just because COVID-19 is circulating, to seek health care,” Ehresmann said.

Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm reminded residents to wash their hands thoroughly and often, cover sneezes and coughs, don’t touch your face and stay home if you are sick.

“While our public health workers are busy tracking down potentially exposed people and evaluating potential cases, the rest of us must do our part,” Malcolm said. “We need your help.”

Minnesota has tested about 80 samples since the state got the ability last week to screen for the virus. State health officials said last week they were getting about 90 contacts a day from doctors who suspected some in their care may be infected.

Minnesota’s testing criteria is flexible.

The state is mainly testing people with symptoms who were in contact with someone who has the virus or traveled to a country were infections were widespread. Patients who are hospitalized with severe symptoms also are tested after other infections are ruled out.

Minnesota’s first case of the coronavirus, reported Friday, was a patient from Ramsey County who traveled on the Grand Princess cruise ship. The boat is now quarantined off the California coast with about 40 Minnesotans still aboard and is expected to come to shore Monday in Oakland.

Since the coronavirus outbreak began in December in Wuhan, China, more than 107,000 cases and 3,600 deaths have been reported.