Northland DHB has this evening informed the Ministry of two new COVID-19 cases. One of the cases is linked to a known case and was in isolation as a close contact in Whangārei.
The other case is in the Kaitaia area and public health staff are continuing to investigate to establish a possible link to previous cases.
This case will be while genome sequenced on Monday. These two cases will officially be added to the Ministry’s case numbers tomorrow.
We are reporting these cases tonight to encourage testing in both Kaitaia and Whangarei tomorrow. Northland DHB is opening its COVID-19 testing clinic at the Old Warehouse Building, 11 Matthews Avenue in Kaitaia.
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