Today we are reporting two new confirmed cases of COVID-19. One of the new confirmed cases is linked to the St Margaret’s Hospital & Rest Home in Auckland.
This is a Waitemata District Health Board staff member who has been in self-isolation, and has now tested positive for COVID-19 and is being cared for at North Shore Hospital.
The nurse had been looking after St Margaret’s patients at Waitakere Hospital and was among close contacts of another positive case announced last week.
Affected areas at Waitakere Hospital remain closed to further admissions and multiple precautions have been in place over the last week.