Today we are reporting three new confirmed cases of COVID-19. Two cases are linked to the St Margaret’s Hospital & Rest Home in Auckland.
The individuals are both nurses at Waitakere Hospital. Both had been asymptomatic throughout a stand-down period which they spent in precautionary self-isolation at home.
They were tested as part of routine requirements for their safe return to work and the results came back positive. They remain in isolation awaiting further testing.
Although further cases in clusters cannot be ruled out, strong precautionary measures remain in place at the hospital and the St Margaret's facility.