Peterborough Public Health has confirmed its second confirmed case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
During a media conference on Wednesday morning, Dr. Rosana Salvaterra, medical officer of health, stated test results confirm the second case in its jurisdiction which includes the City of Peterborough, Peterborough County, Hiawatha First Nation and Curve Lake First Nation.
She said the individual was in close contact with the first confirmed case of COVID-19 which was announced on Sunday afternoon.
That patient is a man in his 30s who travelled to Spain and Portugal in late February. He returned home on Feb. 24 and began to have flu-like symptoms on March 1.