An official with the Madera County Department of Public Health says the patient, the county's first confirmed COVID-19 case, no longer has the virus in his system.
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According to authorities, the patient has been released from isolation and is not contagious.
The person was first confirmed to have contracted the virus on March 7.
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Officials say that to be considered 'recovered' from COVID-19, the patient must be asymptomatic for seven days and/or not have a fever for three days.
The Madera County patient who has recovered fulfilled these conditions.
He and his spouse had traveled on a Princess Cruise line before he was diagnosed with the virus.