CORTLAND, N.Y. – A coronavirus test has come back negative for a Cortland County patient.

The Cortland County Health Department got the test results late Saturday night from the state health department’s lab in Albany, said Catherine Feuerherm, Cortland’s public health director.

The patient was tested at Guthrie Cortland Medical Center. The individual had no history of travel to an area where the virus is spreading and no known exposure to an infected individual.

The Cortland health department announced the suspected case late Friday.

James T. Mulder covers health news. Have a news tip? Contact him at (315) 470-2245 or jmulder@syracuse.com

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