WELLINGTON, June 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – New Zealand reported two new cases of COVID-19 today, making the total case number to 1,161 in the country, Ministry of Health said in a statement.
As with the five other cases reported last week, the two new cases were recent arrivals from overseas and both were detected within the managed isolation facilities, said the Ministry of Health.
Sunday’s first case was the child of the couple announced on Saturday as cases who have recently arrived from India. The child was under two years old.
The second confirmed case today was a 59-year-old woman, who travelled from Delhi and arrived in Auckland on June 15.
Director-General of Health, Ashley Bloomfield, reiterated that as New Zealanders returning home from overseas, there were always new cases to expect.
“It is good that the systems are in place to detect these cases. Testing, particularly at the border, will continue to be an important part of our COVID-19 response,” said Bloomfield.
New Zealand’s laboratories completed 5,950 tests on Saturday, bringing the total completed tests to date to 341,117.
The total number of confirmed cases reported to the World Health Organisation was currently 1,161 in the country.
The combined total of confirmed and probable cases was 1,511, and the number of recovered cases remained at 1,482. The number of COVID-19 related deaths in the country remained at 22.
