Two of the cases are linked to the port worker who tested positive over the weekend and they are workplace contacts. Further interviews are under way with both new community cases, Dr Bloomfield said. "We've got some fishers that weren't showing symptoms and tested negative, but have since tested positive," he told Newstalk ZB. There were two imported cases in managed isolation in Auckland, who both tested positive on a day three test. "Putting our cases today in perspective, yesterday Spain announced around 48,000 new cases, and that would be the equivalent in New Zealand of around 4000 new cases.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 20, 2020 23:48 UTC