DEWITT, N.Y. -- A Wegmans employee at the company’s DeWitt store has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a company spokesperson.

The last day the employee worked was March 23, Evelyn Ingram, spokesperson for Wegmans, said in a statement. No other details about the employee or when he or she worked were released.

"Our thoughts are with our team member and their family at this time,'' she said.

"We are doing everything we can to protect all of our employees and customers,'' she said. “Prior to any positive cases in our communities, we worked with and followed the guidance of the CDC, state and local health officials to implement enhanced cleaning and sanitizing at all our stores.”

Wegmans stores continue to implement additional preventative measures for sanitation, hygiene, and social separation and in contact with the Onondaga County Health Department, she said.

During his daily briefing Tuesday, Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon spoke in general about why the county doesn’t release specific details about a person who has tested positive for the virus.

When a person tests positive, the county health department works to track down who that person has had contact with.

If there is a gap in the investigation of the person’s contacts, the county will usually issue a news release to alert the public, McMahon said.

If there is no news release, that means there is no gap in the health department’s investigation and it is complete, McMahon said. That typically means anyone in contact with that infected person has already been identified and notified by the health department, he said.

Instacart, which handles deliveries for Wegmans, sent a statement to its employees about the confirmed case in DeWitt. The company partnered with Wegmans to disinfect the staging area inside the store, Instacart said in the statement it sent to its employees.

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