SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Baystate Medical Center has identified their first case of COVID-19 in a patient over the weekend.

In a statement sent to 22News, Baystate Health President and CEO Mark Keroack said that the locally diagnosed patient is no longer in the hospital, and is recovering at home.

While the CDC has not officially confirmed the Baystate patient has the virus, they were locally identified at the hospital.

On Friday, Baystate Health disclosed that 24 people underwent testing for the coronavirus at Baystate Medical Center, after reporting symptoms. The patient who tested positive is one of those people.

The hospital system said that tested patients exhibited symptoms similar to severe flu or viral pneumonia, and are suspected to have the virus.

Despite the locally confirmed case, the Department of Public Health says the only presumed or confirmed cases of coronavirus in western Massachusetts are in Berkshire County.

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