State health officials are urging anyone who came in contact with a raccoon found dead on Cape Cod that later tested positive for rabies to contact them and take a risk assessment for the disease.

The racoon was found on Smith Lane in Eastham on Nov. 17, the state Department of Public Health said in a statement Friday. It was taken by the US Department of Agriculture's Cape Cod Rabies Program and submitted to the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention for testing.