New Zealand records one new case in managed isolation after 80 days

Wellington: There was one new case of COVID-19 in managed isolation yesterday, the Ministry of Health had confirmed.

It has now been 80 days since the last case of COVID-19 was acquired locally from an unknown source, the ministry said.

In a statement released just after 1.20pm today, the Ministry said the new case was a man in his 40s who arrived in the country last Wednesday from Mexico, flying via Los Angeles.

They said he tested positive following day three surveillance testing and had been transferred, along with his family, to a quarantine facility in Auckland.

The number of active cases in New Zealand is now 26 and the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 is 1204.