Twelve more Oregonians have tested negative for the new coronavirus, according to updated Oregon Health Authority numbers Tuesday.

The results bring Oregon’s negative test results to 29 and the state’s positive results at three. The state is waiting on test results for 18 other people.

County officials are now watching 115 people for symptoms. Another 227 have already gone through monitoring without developing symptoms.

Oregon’s third patient, a Umatilla County man who visited a youth basketball game the same day he was hospitalized with coronavirus symptoms, is reportedly “doing fine.” The Wildhorse Resort and Casino employee is at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla.

The state has said the first patient, a Washington County resident who works at at Lake Oswego elementary school, has been hospitalized with coronavirus and a family member has a mild case of COVID-19 and is isolated at home.

Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday said that state health officials are concerned that the state does not have enough protective gear for medical workers and that rural communities may have inadequate hospital staff if the virus continues its spread.

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Staff writers Brad Schmidt and Noelle Crombie contributed to this report.

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