Results have come back negative on the first local person to be tested for the novel coronavirus.

Rochester General Hospital, which cared for the unidentified patient, said Saturday morning that testing found the patient does not have the coronavirus or suffer from COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

The local patient presented at Rochester General Wednesday morning with respiratory symptoms consistent with COVID-19. He or she was placed in isolation and, after consultation with public-health officials, samples were sent to the state public-health laboratory in Albany for analysis.

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It was the first sample from a Monroe County resident to be sent off for testing.

The patient was sent home Thursday and told to remain there in self-quarantine for the time being.

At a noon press conference S, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said 76 people in New York have tested positive for the virus.

That number jumped to 89 on Saturday evening, when Cuomo said another 13 people tested positive later Saturday — all from Westchester.

As of Sunday morning, Cuomo said the total number of confirmed cases jumped to 105

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