There are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Broome County, officials said Thursday, despite Gov. Andrew Cuomo's announcement earlier in the afternoon that Broome had its first positive case.

According to the governor's office, the discrepancy is that the University of Albany student identified as having coronavirus earlier in the day is from Broome County — thus he was counted as a case in Broome.

There was no immediate details about where specifically the student is from.

New York State incorrectly identified a case that actually occurred in a different county, Broome County Executive Jason Garnar said. The patient is quarantined there.

"This is a very fast-moving event that's occurring and sometimes information is going to be put out incorrectly," Garnar said Thursday. "The minute we saw that information was put out there, of course we had to verify that it was incorrect. I hope it doesn't happen again, for sure."

In his daily coronavirus briefing, Cuomo released a chart detailing the number of cases by county in New York. It listed one positive case in Broome County and one positive case in Delaware County.

Minutes later, Garnar tweeted: "There are NO confirmed COVID-19 cases in Broome County."

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The Broome County Health Department said eight people have been tested in the county, and as of Thursday, 7 have come back negative. One person's test results are still pending.

Based on the way that this is spreading, Garnar said the county is planning how to carry out its response, if there's a confirmed case locally.

Delaware County Public Health Services posted on their website Thursday afternoon announcing there was one confirmed, positive case of COVID-19 in Delaware County. Earlier in the day, county officials said they could not confirm any positive cases.

New York is now up to 328 positive coronavirus cases, Cuomo said during the briefing, up 112 from Wednesday.

What we know about coronavirus

There is currently neither a vaccine nor an approved treatment for the new, or novel coronavirus. While younger people may experience the illness as a bad cold with a fever, the concern is that older people and those who have additional medical conditions will develop a more severe form of COVID-19.

As the disease spreads widely in the population, that could lead to a high number of patients requiring hospitalization for pneumonia or acute lung problems that require the use of a ventilator to breathe, as well as death.

Data from China show that about 15 percent of people who contract the coronavirus infection develop more severe illness, requiring hospitalization.

What's the school, athletic impact?

Coronavirus concerns have led to the postponement of many school and community events across the Southern Tier.

SUNY and CUNY campuses including Binghamton University and SUNY Broome will move to online learning starting March 19. Spectators will not be allowed at Binghamton University performances or athletic competitions.

Additionally, Gov. Cuomo announced Thursday New York will ban events of 500 people or more and impose restrictions on other gathering venues, a ban which will take effect a 5p.m. Friday. Bars, restaurants and other venues with a listed occupancy of less than 500 will also have their capacity temporarily slashed by 50%.

New York State Public High School Athletic Association announced Thursday afternoon all remaining winter state championship events would postponed indefinitely, impacting girls basketball, boys basketball, bowling and boys hockey.

The bowling state championships were scheduled for this weekend in Syracuse and the boys hockey state final fours were scheduled for this weekend in Buffalo.

Boys and girls basketball tournaments are still in regional play. The girls state final four was scheduled for March 20-22 at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy. The boys final fours were scheduled for those days in Glens Falls.

The American Hockey League also announced the suspension of play "until further notice," halting the Binghamton Devils' season. The team's next home game was scheduled for March 18.

Across town, the Binghamton Rumble Ponies were scheduled to start the 2020 baseball season at home April 9, but Minor League Baseball issued a statement Thursday announcing opening day will be delayed.

"We will work with Major League Baseball and our community partners to resume play as soon at it is safe to do so," the league said in a statement. Major League Baseball has suspended spring training games and delayed its opening day — scheduled for March 26 — by at least two weeks.

Reporters Andrew Legare and Anthony Borrelli contributed to this report. Follow Katie Sullivan Borrelli on Twitter @ByKatieBorrelli. Support our journalism and become a digital subscriber today. Click here for our special offers.