There are 76 people in the state of Oregon being monitored for symptoms of the coronavirus, seven of whom live in Lane County, according to the Oregon Health Authority and Lane County Public Health.

The statewide numbers were posted Monday afternoon on the state's new website, with data on potential cases of novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. The data will be updated weekly on Tuesdays, starting March 3.

Locally, seven people are being monitored, said Lane County Public Health spokesperson Jason Davis. Lane County will not post results online, rather the county's numbers are included in the weekly statewide update.

"We recognize people are very worried about COVID-19, particularly given that we don’t know everything we wish we could know about how it’s transmitted," said Lillian Shirley, director of the OHA Public Health Division. "People need to understand their real risks and feel confident the state and their local health departments are working hard to protect their health. We hope sharing these (people under monitoring) and (people under investigation) data will help do that."

In the last month, 254 people statewide were monitored for symptoms, and 178 of those people completed monitoring with no symptoms. Individuals are monitored by health officials when they do not have COVID-19 symptoms but may have been exposed through close contact with a confirmed case or from travel to mainland China.

Only two people in the state have had symptoms that rose to the level of being under investigation. Both of those were cleared, as their test results were negative. There are not any pending test results and no people under investigation. Health officials will investigate people when they have COVID-19 symptoms — but not necessarily the virus — who may have been exposed through close contact with a confirmed case or from travel to mainland China.

The state's new site came on the heels of a report that claimed the state would not release the number of people under monitoring, unlike the state of Washington that has shared its numbers.

For general information about the novel coronavirus, the Oregon Health Authority recommends calling 211.