CODY (WNE) — On the fourth day of the school year, the Cody School District announced the first case of COVID-19 within its walls – a Heart Mountain Academy student.

In a Facebook post Thursday morning, the district credited Park County Public Health with notifying them of the case.

Officials also said Public Health determined that no one else would need to quarantine, and thanked the community for following its reopening plan.

Park County Public Health Officer Aaron Billin said he thought the case was identified Wednesday morning, but could not give any further information.

The district plan regarding COVID infections has been to work closely with Public Health and allow it to take the lead on contact tracing.

Superintendent Peg Monteith has said in the past that it would take more than a single infection to close down a school, and that they would follow directions from Billin and Public Health when it was time to make that type of decision.

Anyone infected in the district is not allowed to return to school until their fever is gone for at least 72 hours without the aid of over-the-counter medications.