ESCANABA — Delta County has its first positive test for COVID-19, officials announced Sunday.

“They had one presumptive positive from a female in Delta County,” Delta County Administrator Emily DeSalvo said.

DeSalvo said Public Health, Delta and Menominee Counties had not released additional information on the case as of Sunday afternoon.

The finding is not expected to alter Delta County’s coronavirus response plan, DeSalvo said.

“As of right now, it doesn’t change anything,” she said.

According to a press release from PHDM, the health department was notified by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services of the presumptive positive test result Sunday.

“There is currently no specific treatment for COVID-19,” Dr. Robert S. Van Howe, interim medical director for PHDM, said in the release. “Many people who get COVID-19 experience mild, cold-like illness, but in some cases people experience severe illness, hospitalization and/or death.”

PHDM is in the process of identifying and contacting people who have had close contact with the individual.

Those who are concerned they may have a COVID-19 infection should contact their health care professional, who can make arrangements for evaluation that can minimize the risk of viral transmission and reduce the strain on the health care system.

For more information on COVID-19, go to the PHDM website at www.phdm.org, www.michigan.gov/coronavirus, or www.cdc.gov/COVID19. The state also has an informational COVID-19 hotline available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time seven days a week at 888-535-6136.

The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department learned this weekend of the first COVID-19 positive case in Houghton County. The health department continues to investigate the case to determine exposure risk to recent contacts.

“At this time, I advise the public to be diligent yet level-headed in prevention efforts,” said Cathryn A. Beer, health officer at WUPHD. “I urge you to get your information and situation updates from reputable sources such as the health department or your physician.”

WUPHD does not plan to name public low-risk exposure locations. Residents should behave as though the virus may be present when they are in public places in the community, including businesses and buildings that are open under the Governor’s Executive Order 2020-21.