Positive COVID-19 Case Update 28 April

Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet

One new COVID-19 case has been recorded in the Northern Territory in the past 24 hours.

A 19-year-old US Marine who arrived as part of the Marine Rotational Force - Darwin on 12 April 2021 has tested positive for COVID-19.

He is asymptomatic and is under the care of the AUSMAT team at the NT Centre for National Resilience.

Since repatriation flights to the Northern Territory began on 23 October 2020:

· 6668 international arrivals have undertaken quarantine at the Howard Springs Centre for National Resilience.

· A total of 122 positive COVID-19 cases have been reported from international repatriation.

The total number of cases diagnosed in the Northern Territory is 166. All cases have been related to international or interstate travel, with no cases of community transmission.

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