There are three new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today.
There are two new cases at the border and one linked to the Auckland case D – who is already in quarantine.
One person who tested positive today arrived from the UK on 10 November via Qatar and Australia. The individual tested positive at routine testing around day 3 in Hamilton and is now being transferred to the Auckland quarantine facility.
The second case arrived from Dubai on 10 November and was also detected on testing around day 3. This person has now been transferred to the Auckland quarantine facility.
We are also today confirming a positive test result in a close contact who is already in Auckland’s quarantine facility and which was reported yesterday as under investigation.
As reported yesterday this individual’s initial test result was negative and their subsequent test yesterday returned a weak positive result. A third test taken yesterday is now confirmed as positive. These test results indicate that this new case is a very recent infection.
This individual is a close contact of Case D and has been in the Auckland quarantine facility since 12th November.
Auckland Regional Public Health have identified seven close contacts and three casual contacts. All have been contacted and testing arranged.
Testing for all ten contacts is expected to be completed by the end of the day.
There are no places of interest identified to date for this latest case.
Testing
Yesterday the increased demand for community testing across Auckland’s testing network continued.
A full list of testing sites in Auckland is available on the Auckland Regional Public Health Service website.
Anyone in the Auckland area, and indeed throughout New Zealand, who has cold or flu symptoms should get a test and stay at home until they receive a negative test result.
In addition to the testing advice provided yesterday which remains current, we are now asking that if people were in Auckland CBD at locations of interest, they get a test regardless of symptoms. These locations are listed on the .
