A woman who tested positive for the coronavirus and gave a false name and Newark address to doctors at East Orange General Hospital has been found, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said.

The woman was found about two hours after Baraka made a stern plea for her to come forward. It was not immediately clear where the woman lived.

“Because you gave a false name - because you gave a false address - you put yourself and many, many people at risk,” Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said in a video address earlier Tuesday. “Not only just in the City of Newark, but all of the surrounding cities in this state as well.”

UPDATE: We have located the woman that was reported to have tested positive for Coronavirus. Thank you everyone for your vigilance. If you have any questions please tune into the Virtual Town Hall tonight at 7pm. — Ras J. Baraka (@rasjbaraka) March 17, 2020

Local health officials responded to the Newark address the woman provided but did not find her, Baraka said. No one else there knew the woman either, city officials said.

The woman went to the hospital on March 14, city officials said.

Baraka originally said city officials were considering legal action to force East Orange General Hospital to provide as much information as possible about the woman so the city could find her. Shortly after the mayor’s address, the city said it received the hospital surveillance video it was seeking and would no longer need a court order.

“East Orange General Hospital has been working closely with the Newark Department of Health, Newark Police Department, East Orange Department of Health, and East Orange Police Department,” the hospital said in a statement. "We have already provided them with all information requested. Patient privacy laws constrain us from providing further comment to the public about a specific patient or case.”

On Sunday, Newark officials said there was one male resident in his 50s who tested positive for coronavirus and was self-quarantined at home. The local health department was investigating a second person who tested positive for COVID-19 to determine if he or she was a Newark resident.

There were at least 20 positive cases of coronavirus in Essex County of Tuesday afternoon, according to the state Department of Health tracker. Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo said on Sunday those cases were in Montclair, Nutley, Maplewood, Bloomfield, Millburn and Newark.

Only Bergen County has more cases in New Jersey. Two of the three deaths from coronavirus in New Jersey were Bergen County residents, officials said.

The mayor and the city’s health department director will hold a virtual town hall about coronavirus in Newark tonight at 7 p.m. on Facebook. Residents can call into the town hall at (855)-756-7520 Ext. 56949.

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