Nine new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand in the community

Nine new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand in the community

By Naveel Krishant
Monday 17/08/2020
Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield. [Image: tvnz.co]

There are nine new cases of COVID-19 in the community in New Zealand.

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said seven of the cases have been linked to the Auckland cluster.

There are now 78 active cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, made up of 58 people in the community and 20 people who've arrived from overseas, who are now in quarantine.

Testing remains high, with over 26,000 tests for the coronavirus carried out yesterday.

The total number of tests in New Zealand since the pandemic began is 597,956 - almost 100,000 of which were in the past week.

[Source: TVNZ]

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