New Zealand reports two new cases of COVID-19
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WELLINGTON, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand reported two new cases of COVID-19 on Friday.
One is an imported case detected in a managed isolation facility and the other is a community case, a female in her late teens who was already self-isolating. This person is a household contact, epidemiologically linked to the Auckland August cluster bereavement sub-group, according to the Ministry of Health.
The imported case is a man in his 40s who returned from Russia on a flight via Turkey and Malaysia on Sept. 19. He returned a positive result to day 3 testing and is now at the quarantine facility in Auckland, said a ministry statement.
There are 35 people isolating in the Auckland quarantine facility from the community, which includes 15 people who have tested positive for COVID-19 and their household contacts, it said.
Three people are in hospital with COVID-19, none in ICU.
New Zealand's total number of active cases is 60, of which 29 are imported cases in managed isolation facilities, and 31 are community cases, according to the ministry.
The country's total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 is 1,473, with 25 related deaths, it said. Enditem
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