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Coronavirus patient in Wisconsin now tested negative

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DANE COUNTY (NBC 26) -- Wisconsin's only case of coronavirus has now tested negative.

Health officials representing Madison and Dane County said Friday that the Dane County woman who tested positive for coronavirus earlier this month has now had two negative tests and is released from isolation. The Department of Health confirmed Wisconsin’s first case of COVID-19 on Feb. 5.

Wisconsin Department of Health Services has investigated 17 people for possible coronavirus, and 16 of those tested came back negative.