From the Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department –

25 Madison County residents have tested negative for COVID-19 at the Tennessee Department of Health State Public Health Laboratory.

Five tests are still pending at the state lab. One sample was unsatisfactory.

The health department has received 35 negatives from private labs.

The first reported case of COVID-19 in Madison County is a 23-year-old female, who returned home from a trip to Miami, Florida.

The patient, who was treated at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital, has been released – and told to quarantine.

The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has remained in contact with the patient’s family, requesting them to self-isolate and quarantine, as well.