ENTERPRISE — Wallowa Memorial Hospital announced Wallowa County has its first in-county case of COVID-19.

The hospital in a news release Wednesday morning reported the patient is isolating and recovering at home and does not require hospitalization.

“The person was exposed OUTSIDE of our county, but was tested here,” according to the news release. “Confidentiality remains paramount, and no additional information about this patient will be released to the public.”

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown recently called on the Oregon Heath Authority to provide more information to the public about COVID-19 cases, including more specific age ranges of people who have the virus.

Wallowa Memorial Hospital also said the Oregon Heath Authority is notifying and investigating any recent contacts of the patient.

“We are testing known contacts for the COVID-19 infection as indicated,” according to the news release.

Dr. Gary Zeigler, attending physician, said in the news release the hospital’s “extensive planning for this moment paid off. Our systems and processes worked. We properly protected our staff, they are healthy and continue to work.”