14 new COVID-19 cases in NZ & 5 arrived on the same flight from India via Fiji

New Zealand's Ministry of Health has reported 14 new cases of COVID-19, five of them are in the community.

It says 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.

Radio NZ reports there are nine cases in managed isolation and quarantine facilities (MIQ), five are in Christchurch, three are in Auckland and one is in Wellington.

They are all in strict quarantine arrangements.

According to Radio NZ, the Christchurch cases are a man in his 20s, a woman in her 30s, two women in their 20s, and a man in his 40s, who all arrived on the same flight from India via Fiji on 27 August.

[Source: Radio NZ]