WESTFIELD — An employee at a local senior living facility is confirmed to have recently tested positive for the coronavirus.

A spokesman for Absolut Care of Westfield said the employee, who was not identified by name or where they worked within the facility, was put into quarantine in accordance with the New York State Department of Health after receiving a positive test for COVID-19. The date of the positive test was also not released.

The spokesman, Jason Newman, said all residents within the facility, and their families, have been updated on the positive case. In addition, 32 staff who reportedly worked closely with the employee were tested by the Chautauqua County Department of Health immediately, “and were all confirmed negative,” Newman said.

Everyone at the Westfield location, residents and staff, were tested Thursday.

No one residing within a nursing home in Chautauqua County has tested positive for the virus, county Health Department officials have stated previously.

The same cannot be said for facilities across New York state. According to the Associated Press, of the nation’s more than 26,000 coronavirus deaths in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, a fifth of them – about 5,300 – are in New York.

Thomas Hopkins, administrator of Absolut Care of Westfield, confirmed Thursday that no resident within the facility has tested positive. “We don’t have a resident with COVID,” Hopkins said. “We have been doing very, very good.”