State health officials announced on Tuesday that a Carbon County resident has tested positive for coronavirus.

Carbon County’s first positive was one of 207 new cases reported by the Department of Health on Tuesday.

The number of cases in Pennsylvania is doubling every 2-3 days, with a total of 851 cases statewide as of Tuesday. Of those, seven have died and 70 have required hospitalization.

Carbon County was the last county in the region with zero reported cases of the virus. Monroe County has the most, 45, and is under a stay-at-home order by Gov. Tom Wolf.

Northampton has 33, and Lehigh has 27. Schuylkill currently has five.

There have been two deaths from the virus in Northampton County, and one in Monroe.

In Pennsylvania, 8,643 people have tested negative for the virus.

“Our notable increase in cases over the past few days indicate we need everyone to take COVID-19 seriously,” Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said. “Pennsylvanians have a very important job right now: stay calm, stay home and stay safe. We have seen case counts continue to increase, and the best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is to stay home.”

Carbon County Commissioners’ Chairman Wayne Nothstein said that officials felt all along that cases of COVID-19 are probably here already, but just aren’t getting tested.

“We’re trying to find out how many people were tested in Carbon, but don’t have that number yet,” he said, noting that the state has released how many people have been tested across the state but don’t break it down by how many have been tested in each county.

Nothstein also said that as of right now, the state hasn’t released the location of the case to the commissioners.

“That’s the biggest problem, we don’t know how many are being tested and we don’t know if it is someone in a nursing home, or living in the mountains who came in from New York or New Jersey,” he said.

Amy Miller contributed to this report.