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Wellington’s only coronavirus death attended a Bluff wedding, which has become New Zealand’s largest coronavirus group.
Director-General for Health Ashley Bloomfield revealed new details about the case on Sunday during a press conference where it was revealed that the country had 18 new cases.
Dr. Caroline McElnay, director of public health, said Saturday that the man in his 80s died Friday at Wellington Regional Hospital.
She first felt ill on March 26 and was admitted to the hospital two days later, she said.
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The man was believed to have other underlying health conditions, however McElnay did not expand on what they were.
The Bluff group, which originated from a wedding, has become New Zealand’s largest Covid-19 group with 86 cases linked to it. The group’s origin was abroad, says the Ministry of Health.
With a new case in the last 24 hours, you have one more confirmed case than a group of 85 cases from Marist College, Auckland.
An otago woman who Things has agreed not to name, was one of 70 guests who attended a wedding held at the Oyster Cove restaurant in Bluff on March 21.
“It was a wonderful weekend. It was a beautiful wedding, beautiful,” he said.
But when New Zealand entered a national blockade days later, many of those guests had already fallen ill, as had the bride and groom.
There are two known groups of coronaviruses in Wellington.
One is linked to a group of people who had traveled to the United States. The origin of this group is believed to be exposure abroad.
As of Friday, a total of 16 confirmed and probable cases had been linked to that group. Little else is known about it.
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A man died of coronavirus at Wellington Regional Hospital.
Wellington’s second group was a wedding held at Boomrock in the Ohariu Valley on March 14.
According to the Ministry of Health, a total of 13 confirmed and probable cases of the virus had been linked to the wedding group as of Friday.
The origin of this group was also thought to be exposure abroad.
