A Georgia State University employee who works in the Robinson College of Business has tested positive for COVID-19, the school announced Friday.
The unidentified worker is the first employee or student at Georgia’s largest university to be diagnosed with the disease. The employee was diagnosed Thursday, Georgia State said in a message posted on its website.
The condition of the employee, who is being treated at a local hospital, was not immediately known.
Georgia has had 420 confirmed cases of the virus and 13 deaths, state officials said Friday.
The employee was last on the Atlanta campus on March 12. The Robinson College administration has contacted individuals who may have been in proximity to the staff member.
Georgia State has ended in-person classes for the rest of the spring semester and moving to online instruction.
