By Aubrey Woods
The Tribune
For The Republic
FLOYD COUNTY — A Floyd County resident who recently attended the Class 4A boys basketball sectional at Seymour has tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Floyd County Health Department announced Sunday afternoon.
County Health Officer Dr. Tom Harris made the announcement before media assembled at the Pine View Government Center, according to The News and Tribune of Jeffersonville.
The patient was admitted to Baptist Health Floyd on March 13, and the positive test result was confirmed around 2 p.m. Sunday. Harris decline to give the age or where the person lives and said it is not known which game or games they attended.
Lin Montgomery with the Jackson County Health Department said investigations will need to be completed to determine who might have been exposed to the person.
The patient is currently in isolation and all recommended precautions are being taken to protect the patient and staff, according to a statement Baptist Health Floyd. The medical team is evaluating and monitoring the progress of this patient in close collaboration with the local and state health officials.
Earlier Sunday, the Indiana State Department of Health had reported four new presumptive positive cases of COVID-19, involving residents of Hamilton and Marion counties. The addition of the Floyd County case brings to 20 the number of Hoosiers diagnosed in a dozen counties.
