The presumptive positive result came from a sample tested by the New Jersey Department of Health at the New Jersey Public Health Environmental Laboratories and is now being submitted to the CDC for confirmatory testing. State and local public health authorities are proceeding with the public health investigation and response activities as if this was a confirmed case and following all infectious disease protocols.

Eleven Persons Under Investigation in New Jersey are currently pending testing in the state Public Health Environmental Labs.

For additional information on novel coronavirus, please visit www.nj.gov/health or 1-800-222-1222.