There are three new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today. One case was detected in a recent returnee in a managed isolation facility.
They arrived on 9 November from Los Angeles. They returned a positive test around day 3 of their stay in managed isolation and have been moved to the Auckland quarantine facility.
There are two new cases in the community. One of these is connected to the November quarantine cluster. Case C is a close contact of Case B and tested positive on 11 November.
Case C met Case B for lunch in Wellington at the Little Penang restaurant on The Terrace on Friday afternoon. On developing symptoms on Saturday they self-isolated at home and had a COVID-19 test.