Positive Covid Case Update 10 October

NT Government

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

A 45-year-old female, who arrived on the repatriation flight from Istanbul on 2 October has tested positive for COVID-19.

She is asymptomatic and is under the care of the NT Health at the NT Centre for National Resilience.

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

· 17,187 international arrivals have undertaken quarantine at the Howard Springs Centre for National Resilience.

· A total of 200 positive COVID-19 cases have been overseas-acquired, 148 of which have been reported from international repatriation.

· There are currently 7 active cases in the Northern Territory, which are in care at the Centre for National Resilience, posing no threat to the community.

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