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The first city Department of Correction officer has tested positive for coronavirus, officials said Wednesday.

The officer works security for the front gate at a jail facility on Rikers Island, said Michael Skelly, a spokesman for the Correction Officers Benevolent Association.

“He worked where people go in for security,” said Skelly. “As you drive your vehicle, he is there.”

The correction officer tested positive for the potentially deadly bug this week, according to Skelly.

The news comes after a civilian investigator with the city’s DOC died late Sunday from the coronavirus, marking the city’s first municipal-worker fatality from the illness.

David Perez, 56, the civilian employee, died at a city hospital, said DOC Commissioner Cynthia Brann, who added that Perez had only “limited contact with people in custody.”

Meanwhile, Skelly said the union representing the city’s correction officers will call upon the city Wednesday for more supplies like masks, hand sanitizer and gloves in order to keep officers safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We are at high risk. We need to focus on everyone, including correction officers,” Skelly said.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday the city is considering freeing some jailed suspects over coronavirus.

The union disagreed.

“The Board of Correction specifically sent out a letter calling for letting out inmates,” Skelly noted. “We’re saying instead of letting them out, bring in supplies to keep DOC officers safe — the masks, the gloves, hand sanitizers.”