BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s former Supreme Court chief justice has tested positive for COVID-19.

Justice Gerald VandeWalle, 86, “has tested positive and he is currently receiving treatment,” Chief Justice Jon Jensen told the Bismarck Tribune.

VandeWalle had been the longest-serving chief justice in state history, holding the job from 1993 through 2019. He did not seek reappointment to the post last year but remains on the court.

Court administrator Sally Holewa said no other justice or member of the Supreme Court staff has tested positive for the virus.

Jensen said most court employees have been working remotely.

A telephone listing for VandeWalle was not answered on Thursday.

Case arguments have been held virtually with an online livestream. Jensen said the court is expecting to “remain virtual” in September and hasn’t yet decided on October.

VandeWalle was appointed to the Supreme Court on Aug. 15, 1978, by former Gov. Arthur Link, a Democrat. VandeWalle was reelected to his fourth 10-year term on the state’s high court in 2014. His term will expire in 2024.