Correction: This story initially reported an error that said a patient tested positive for the virus. The test results are not back yet. The headline also has been updated.

A patient is hospitalized at Parkland Memorial Hospital with possible coronavirus, Dallas Assistant City Manager Jon Fortune said Friday.

Few details were immediately available, including the age and gender of the patient, or whether that person has traveled to China, where the flu-like illness first sprouted.

“We do not have a positive case. We will tell you as soon as we know," said Dr. Philip Huang, director of Dallas County Health and Human Services.

The patient is undergoing tests, but the nature of the illness hasn’t been determined yet. It is unclear when results of the test will be publicly available.

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, who has helped manage responses to the Ebola and West Nile viruses, said the county will not confirm individuals under investigation for coronavirus.

Anyone with a travel history and a fever could end up being tested by a doctor out of an abundance of caution, Jenkins said. He added the health department would only get involved if a person met CDC protocols to be checked.

“There’s not anybody out there right now that I have a huge concern is going to test positively,” Jenkins said Friday.

He said Dallas has a low risk of the virus because its airports don’t have any direct flights to China’s Hubei province -- where the illness originated -- and the CDC has taken extensive measures to test those who arrive at U.S. airports. People are more likely to be hospitalized or die from the flu, Jenkins added

Marisa Gonzales, a spokeswoman for DCHHS, said the county will let the public know if it receives any positive confirmation of the coronavirus, she said.

“We don’t want to start any hysteria if there’s no need,” she said. “We’re at a low risk right now.”

The virus, which was first reported in Wuhan, China, has killed 213 people worldwide with nearly 10,000 confirmed cases, according to CNBC.

By comparison, influenza has killed 15 people in Dallas County alone this flu season.

The U.S. State Department began advising travelers Thursday not to visit China after the World Health Organization declared the ongoing coronavirus crisis a public health emergency. The seventh coronavirus case in the country was confirmed in Santa Clara County on Friday, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Staff Writers Hayat Norimine and Nic Garcia contributed to this report.