Maddy Harker
28 June 2020, 2:14 AM
There are four new cases of COVID-19 at the border today (Sunday June 28).
All four cases involve people who have recently returned from overseas and were in managed isolation facilities, the Ministry of Health said in a statement.
These new cases bring the total number of active cases in New Zealand to 20.
Three of today’s cases are now in quarantine at the Jet Park facility in Auckland.
The fourth is in Auckland City Hospital.
“He remains in the hospital in a stable condition on a ward and has not required ICU level care,” the Ministry of Health said.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to accelerate overseas and new cases were always expected at our border, the Ministry of Health said.
“While today’s news that one of our recent cases is in hospital may be concerning to some, it is something the health system in New Zealand has remained prepared for,” director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said.
“I want to reassure the wider community that this person is receiving good treatment from the team at Auckland City Hospital who have previous experience of managing positive cases.”
New Zealand’s total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 is now 1,176.
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