There is one new community case of COVID-19 to report today. The case is a female child who is epidemiologically linked to an existing case associated with the Botany sub-cluster which has been genomically linked to the Auckland cluster.
The child has been in isolation since August 30 due to being a household contact of a confirmed case. The case of the healthcare worker from the Auckland quarantine facility who was reported yesterday has been genomically sequenced by ESR.
The case is genomically linked to three cases that have been in the quarantine facility that are linked to the Auckland cluster.
This reinforces exposure at Jet Park being the most likely route of transmission, but the Public Health Unit continues to investigate