SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Medical Center has treated the first confirmed case of coronavirus, COVID-19, in Hampden County.

Hospital officials revealed Saturday night that the patient has the respiratory virus, which first emerged out of China in December.

“We have identified the first COVID-19 patient at Baystate Medical Center and that person is no longer in the hospital and is recovering at home,” said Dr. Mark A. Keroack, president and CEO of Baystate Health.

Baystate Health declined to provide further information on the individual.

On Friday, the hospital said that two dozen patients were suspected of having the virus as it dealt with the nationwide shortage of testing kits.

There are a total of 123 coronavirus cases in the state, according to Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Of those cases, 105 are presumptive and 18 are confirmed by the CDC.

At least 50 people have died in the U.S., where there have been more than 2,100 confirmed cases.

The worldwide total is nearing 150,000 on Saturday with more than 5,500 deaths.

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