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A person who works in Culpeper County, but lives elsewhere, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Rappahannock-Rapidan Health District announced Thursday evening.

Health Department staff will contact people identified as the individual’s close contacts, and ask them to self-quarantine and monitor themselves for symptoms for 14 days, the district said.

As part of this process, Health Department staff members will be conducting interviews in Culpeper, said Bill Ooten, director of the Culpeper County Office of Emergency Services.

To protect patient confidentiality, authorities won’t release any further information about the person.

The person’s identity is protected by the Americans With Disabilities Act.

The Culpeper case has been included in the statewide case count at www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus.