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The Norwood town manager has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the Norwood Health Department.General Manager Tony Mazzucco was notified of the presumptive positive COVID-19 test by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Monday.Mazzucco was among 11 town officials, including Superintendent David Thomson, who have been self-quarantining after attending a March 1 house party where a person who has since tested positive for COVID-19 was also in attendance.Any individual statuses, which includes quarantine status and test results, will not be made public by the town due to federally protected health privacy rights. Mazzucco and Thomson volunteered for their information to be made public.All individuals who are considered close contacts with Mazzucco have been notified by public health officials of the need to self-quarantine and have been given appropriate instructions.Officials said residents who have not been contacted by public health officials do not need to self-quarantine.A "close contact," per the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, is a person that has been within six feet of a confirmed case for a prolonged period of time, or with direct contact with infectious secretions, while the individual was likely to be infectious.According to the CDC, people with COVID-19 are thought to be most contagious when they are most symptomatic. Norwood health officials said Mazzucco began exhibiting symptoms March 5.Some spread might be possible, however, before people show symptoms. There have been reports of this occurring with COVID-19, but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads. A professional cleaning crew sanitized and disinfected Norwood Town Hall over the weekend. The town hall will be open this week during normal business hours.The total number of coronavirus cases in Massachusetts has risen to 41 after 13 new presumptive positive cases were announced by the state's Department of Public Health.Of the 13 new presumptive COVID-19 cases in the state, nine are associated with the Biogen employee conference held in Boston late last month. The cases are either employees or close contacts of employees.State health officials said 32 of the 41 total cases are connected to the Biogen conference.There remains just one confirmed case of COVID-19 in Massachusetts, which involves a University of Massachusetts, Boston, student.The risk of COVID-19 to the general public in Massachusetts remains low at this time, according to state health officials.The 40 presumptive positive cases in Massachusetts are reported based on local testing but are still awaiting confirmation by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.More information from the DPH on COVID-19 can be found by clicking this link.PHNjcmlwdCBpZD0iaW5mb2dyYW1fMF85MTUyMTg3My03NmRhLTQ0ZmUtOTA0Ny1mMTllZWFlZGFjNmQiIHRpdGxlPSJDb3JvbmF2aXJ1cyBpbiBNYXNzYWNodXNldHRzIiBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vZS5pbmZvZ3JhbS5jb20vanMvZGlzdC9lbWJlZC5qcz9yeXoiIHR5cGU9InRleHQvamF2YXNjcmlwdCI+PC9zY3JpcHQ+