There is one new case of COVID-19 to report in managed isolation in New Zealand today and no new cases in the community. The person who has tested positive around day 3 of their time in managed isolation arrived from France via Singapore on September 25.
They have been transferred to the Auckland quarantine facility. There are 17 people isolating in the Auckland quarantine facility from the community, which includes 9 people who have tested positive for COVID-19 and their household contacts.
One person is in hospital with COVID-19 at Middlemore hospital. The patient is in isolation on a general ward. Since August 11, our contact tracing team has identified 4,073 close contacts of cases, of which 4,073 have been contacted and are