1 more death due to COVID-19 in NZ, bringing total to 19

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1 more death due to COVID-19 in NZ, bringing total to 19

By Violet Matakibau

27/04/2020

[Photo:CNN]

There has been one more death due to the coronavirus in New Zealand, bringing the total to 19.

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says the latest victim was a woman in her 90s, who was a resident at St Margaret's Rest Home in Auckland.

She had underlying health conditions and was part of a group from the rest home who had been transferred to Waitakere Hospital.

The Health Ministry has revealed there has been one new confirmed case of Covid-19 in New Zealand, and four new probable cases.

[Source: RNZ]

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