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Health officials in Hillsborough said Friday that four people there have the virus . <br /> TAKE A BREAK <br /> r g , <br /> �p <br /> Thousands pledge to break Joe Exotic out of Fort <br /> Worth prison in Facebook event <br /> The patients are well and recovering in isolation at home, said Kristin Prelipp, county <br /> spokeswoman . <br /> " I know that people are worried about this virus, and I want to assure the Orange County <br /> community members that we are prepared ," said Orange County Health Director Quintana <br /> Stewart in a press release . "With the global spread of this virus we anticipated that we would <br /> eventually identify a case herein Orange County." <br /> Local news has never been more important <br /> Subscribe for unlimited digital access to the news that matters to your community. <br /> Health officials said most patients experience mild symptoms with a week 's recovery time, and <br /> they urged continued hand-washing, covering coughs and sneezes and keeping social distance . <br /> On Thursday, Gov. Roy Cooper announced the first "community spread " case in the state , <br /> meaning that a patient tested positive without any history of travel to an impacted area or contact <br /> with a known carrier. <br /> " This new information has shifted our response efforts from containment to mitigation ," Stewart <br /> said. " The goal is to slow the transmission of disease and protect our high-risk population and <br /> healthcare and critical infrastructure worldorces . " <br />