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Wellington has its first case of Covid-19 in a managed isolation facility.
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The case is a man in his 50s who traveled from the United States. Source: 1 NEWS
According to the Ministry of Health, the positive case is a man in his 50s who arrived on August 18 from the United States and tested positive in routine tests around day 12 of his stay in controlled isolation.
Air Commodore Darryn Webb says the man flew to Auckland from Los Angeles and was later flown to Wellington on a chartered flight where they had no contact with members of the public.
It comes as nine new cases were announced today at managed isolation facilities across the country.
Of these, five are in Christchurch, three in Auckland and one in Wellington.
The Christchurch cases are a man in his 20s, a woman in his 30s, two women in his 20s and a man in his 40s, who arrived on the same flight from India via Fiji on August 27.
The Auckland cases are a woman in her 20s and another in her 30s, who arrived from India on 23 August. The third case of isolation managed in Auckland is a woman in her 50s who arrived on 26 August from Qatar.
There are also five new cases of Covid-19 in the community, the Ministry of Health confirmed today.
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Five of those cases as of September 1 were by community transmission. Source: 1 NEWS
The five new community cases are all linked to the Auckland group. Two cases are household contacts of previously reported cases and the other three are all in a household that is linked to an existing case.
