WILSON, N.C. (WNCN) — A woman who returned from outside North Carolina to Wilson County has tested positive for COVID-19, marking the first case in that county, officials said Sunday.

Wilson County health officials did not say where the woman traveled but said she became sick and was tested Friday for COVID-19.

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The woman’s test returned Sunday as positive for COVID-19, according to Wilson County officials.

“The individual is hospitalized outside of Wilson County,” a news release said.

Officials said they are trying to track down “everyone who came into close contact with this individual” so they can be quarantined.

“There is nothing to indicate this was a community-acquired transmission,” Teresa Ellen, Wilson County Health Director, said in a news release. “All indications are that this was travel-related. We are following all protocols for contact tracing.”

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