Everything we know about the 82 Northern Territory COVID-19 cases

THERE have now been 82 confirmed NT coronavirus cases. Here is what we know so far about each of those cases

There have now been 40 confirmed cases of coronavirus treated in the Northern Territory

THERE have now been 82 confirmed Northern Territory coronavirus cases.

The first confirmed case in the NT was a tourist from Sydney on March 4, and the most recent a crew member aboard the Diamantina cattle export ship on Janary 3.

A man in his 60s returned a “low positive” for COVID-19, however given his status his case was not counted towards the Northern Territory’s total.

Of all the cases diagnosed in the Territory, 72 have recovered.

Here is what we know so far about all 82 NT coronavirus cases. The cases are listed from most recent to the first ever diagnosed in the Territory.

JANUARY 3, 2021

A Diamantina cattle export ship crew member, who initially returned a low positive for COVID-19, has now been diagnosed with the virus after testing a strong positive. He will remain in Royal Darwin Hospital until he returned two consecutive negative tests.

JANUARY 2, 2021

SEVEN people havetested positive to COVID-19 at Howard Springs .

The cases all relate to overseas travellers who are in quarantine at Howard Springs and include a 26 year-old woman who arrived on a repatriation flight from London, a 36-year-old man, a 34-year-old man and a 28-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman and a 31-year-old woman, who arrived on a repatriation flight from Chennai, India.

DECEMBER 30, 2020

A second crew member from the Diamantina has tested positive to coronavirus while a third has returned a low positive after further testing. It meant three of the 28 crew are in Royal Darwin Hospital, with the remaining 25 split between the vessel and Howard Springs.

DECEMBER 28

A 25-year-old crew member on board the Diamantina cattle export vessel, which arrived at the East Arm Wharf from Indonesia, tested positive for COVID-19. He did not leave the ship prior to being admitted to RDH.

DECEMBER 24

Two new positive COVID-19 cases have been recorded in the Northern Territory. A 31 year old male who arrived on the repatriation flight from Paris on 17 December 2020 has tested positive for COVID-19. A 64 year old female who arrived on the repatriation flight from India on 15 December 2020 has also tested positive.

DECEMBER 19

TWO more people have tested positive to COVID-19 at Howard Springs.

A 77-year-old woman who arrived on the repatriation flight from Chennai, India on December 14, and a 56-year-old woman who arrived on the repatriation flight from Paris on December 17, are the latest to test positive.

DECEMBER 18

A 37-year-old man who arrived on the repatriation flight from Frankfurt on December 13, 2020 has tested positive for COVID-19.

He remains under the care of the AUSMAT team at the NT Centre for National Resilience.

DECEMBER 17

TWO children have tested positive to COVID-19 at Howard Springs.

An 2-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl, who both arrived on the repatriation flight from Chennai on December 15, 2020, remain under the care of the AUSMAT team at the NT Centre for National Resilience.

DECEMBER 15

TWO people have tested positive to COVID-19 at Howard Springs .

A 32-year-old man and a 63-year old woman, who both arrived on the repatriation flight from Frankfurt, Germany on December 13, 2020, remain under the care of the AUSMAT team at the NT Centre for National Resilience.

DECEMBER 14

TWO people havetested positive to COVID-19 at Howard Springs .

An 88-year-old man who arrived on the repatriation flight from India on November 28 tested positive for the virus, and is in isolation at Royal Darwin Hospital to receive treatment for other non-COVID health issues. The second, an 18-year-old man who arrived from London on December 1, is in the care of the AUSMAT team at the NT Centre for National Resilience.

DECEMBER 10

A 30-YEAR-old woman has tested positive to COVID-19 at Howard Springs.

The woman arrived on the repatriation flight from New Delhi on November 24. She was travelling alone and returned a positive test on exit screening, which is undertaken in the last 72 hours of quarantine.

DECEMBER 8

TWO children have tested positive to COVID-19 at Howard Springs.

An 8-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy, who both arrived on the repatriation flight from New Delhi on November 24, 2020, remain under the care of the AUSMAT team at the NT Centre for National Resilience.

DECEMBER 3

Two men in their 40s, a woman and a man in their 30s and two women in their 50s are the latest to test positive to coronavirus in the Northern Territory.

All six patients are international arrivals, five of whom arrived on the repatriation flight from New Delhi on November 29. The sixth arrived from New Delhi on November 24.

DECEMBER 1

A woman in her 50s is the latest to test positive to COVID-19 at Howard Springs.

The 52-year-old arrived on the recent repatriation flight from New Dehli and remains under the care of the AUSMAT team at the NT Centre for National Resilience.

Since repatriation flights to the NT began on October 23, just over 1300 international arrivals have undertaken quarantine at Howard Springs and 20 positive COVID-19 cases have been reported.

NOVEMBER 27

A 39-year-old woman, a 58-year-old man and a 4-year-old girl were diagnosed with COVID-19 after returning to Darwin on a repatriation flight from New Delhi.

More than 1000 international arrivals have now undertaken quarantine at the Howard Springs facility since October 23 and the three new cases remain under the care of the AUSMAT team.

NOVEMBER 25

A 64-year-old woman and a 59-year-old man, who arrived in the Territory from New Delhi on Tuesday, were diagnosed with the virus.

They remain under the care of the AUSMAT team at the Centre for National Resilience.

.

NOVEMBER 24

A 43-year-old man was diagnosed with COVID-19 after returning to Australia on a repatriation flight from India on November 11.

.

NOVEMBER 13

The NT registered five more cases of coronavirus with all the new positive tests being recorded among newly repatriated Australians flying into Darwin from overseas.

All of the five new cases relate to repatriation flights into Darwin from London and Delhi.

.

NOVEMBER 12

A 32 year old woman who arrived on the repatriation flight from London on Sunday 8 November tested positive for COVID-19 while in quarantine at the Howard Springs Centre for National Resilience.

.

NOVEMBER 9

A man aged 29 becomes the seventh repatriated Australian to test positive to COVID-19, bound for quarantine in Howard Springs, after returning to Australia from London on board flight QF110, landing in Darwin on Sunday November 8.

Initially, the man was asymptomatic and was cared for in the Centre for National Resilience under the watch of the AUSMAT team, along with other repatriated Australians.

.

NOVEMBER 5

THE second child of the first woman to test positive to COVID-19 in the Territory since August has also contracted the virus.

The child’s 31-year-old mother tested positive on October 28, then her three year old child a day later.

The baby, under one year old, had tested negative on arrival at Howard Springs but was later found positive during the 14-day quarantine period.

The family continues to be well and asymptomatic and remains under the care of the AUSMAT at the Centre for National Resilience.

OCTOBER 29

Four people, including two children, were diagnosed with COVID-19 overnight.

The cases, an 31-year-old man, an 82-year-old and two three-year-old children, were all passengers repatriated from Dehli on October 27.

.

.

OCTOBER 28

A 31-year-old woman tested positive after being repatriated to Darwin from India on October 27.

National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre executive director Len Notaras said the woman had been screened and tested negative while in India.

He said she was in good health, along with two children she travelled with.

The woman and her children will remain in isolation in the “hot facility” at Howard Springs, which practice a higher level of quarantine with full Personal Protective Gear used by the AUSMAT team in dealing with those at the facility.

.

.

SEPTEMBER 28

A man in his 60s who travelled from Victoria to Darwin returned a “low positive” result while in quarantine in Howard Springs.

Health Minister Natasha Fyles said the man previously COVID-19 in Victoria, and had been taken to Royal Darwin Hospital for treatment. He has since recovered.

AUGUST 1

The partner of the man who tested positive for COVID-19 on July 31 was also diagnosed with the virus.

She has been in the case of Royal Darwin Hospital in isolation since arriving from Victoria.

.

.

JULY 31

A Darwin man, who was flying home to the NT via Melbourne with his family while waiting on results of his COVID-19 test, found out he had the virus mid-flight.

Health Minister Natasha Fyles revealed the man and his family had travelled to Victoria so that his child could receive essential medical care and had been given clearance by authorities to return to the NT under the proviso the entire group would go into quarantine upon arrival.

The man was asymptomatic but arranged for himself to be tested in Victoria. He got his positive result back en route to Darwin.

The man, his family, and others on the flight due to go into mandatory quarantine, had all been sectioned off in a certain part of the plane. The man was taken to Royal Darwin Hospital in isolation.

.

.

JULY 8

A 21-year-old US marine tested positive for COVID-19 after flying into Darwin to join the Marine Rotational Force.

He arrived in Darwin on a chartered flight and went through the military side of the Darwin Airport.

He had been in quarantine since arriving on July 8. The Department of Defence said the man tested positive at an initial screening on arrival in Darwin.

He was transferred from the Roberston Barracks to the Royal Darwin Hospital.

.

.

JULY 1

A Darwin local in his 30s flew in on an international flight from Pakistan and spent 14 days in hotel quarantine in Melbourne.

The traveller, cleared of hotel quarantine, then spent a few days with family who lived in Melbourne.

He then flew to Darwin, via Brisbane, on Qantas Flight 836 arriving on Monday, June 29.

He was self-quarantining at his home in Darwin when he began to feel unwell and was diagnosed.

.

.

APRIL 29

Four Australian Defence Force personnel, who tested positive for coronavirus on April 29 while serving in the Middle East, were flown into Darwin on May 1.

A Department of Defence spokesman later revealed two of those four subsequently returned negative results, while the other two tested positive again at Royal Darwin Hospital.

They then underwent treatment for the virus in isolation at RDH.

Defence refused to reveal which home states the two infected ADF members were from, citing privacy reasons.

.

.

APRIL 6

A Darwin woman, aged in her 30s, had been self-quarantining after returning home on Qantas Flight QF840 from Sydney to Darwin on Saturday, March 28. She tested positive on April 6 and was put in the care of Royal Darwin Hospital.

.

.

APRIL 5

A Darwin child aged under two years old was the third person in his family to test positive and was in self-quarantine after a close family contact, already diagnosed, had returned from overseas. The child had two school aged siblings who attended Leanyer Primary School, however the school community was informed there was very low risk due to the timeline.

APRIL 3

A Darwin man aged in his 40s, had been in self-quarantine after returning home from Africa when he became unwell.

Another man, aged in his 50s, became unwell while in self-quarantine after returning from the United Kingdom.

A Darwin woman, aged in her 50s, who had travelled to South America became unwell while in self-quarantine.

Another Darwin woman, in her 20s, was in self-quarantine and is a close family contact of another Territorian already diagnosed with COVID-19 who had returned from overseas.

.

.

APRIL 2

A Territory woman tested positive on April 2 after returning from Bali on Flight JQ82 on Friday, March 20. She was in self-quarantine and was admitted to Royal Darwin Hospital.

An Alice Springs woman also tested positive on April 2. She had recently returned from the Gold Coast.

She went into the care of Alice Springs Hospital after being in self-quarantine since her return.

Under national medical guidelines, contact tracing on her flights was not required due to the delay between her return and becoming unwell.

An Alice Springs woman in her 20s, who had recently returned from the United Kingdom, tested positive for the virus on the evening of April 2.

She had been in self-quarantine since returning from overseas, and was put in the care of Alice Springs Hospital.

.

.

MARCH 31

A cruise ship passenger in her 40s tested positive on March 31 after returning from Europe on the MSC Fantasia.

Contract tracing was not required for the cruise ship passenger due to the delay in her becoming unwell. She was admitted to Royal Hospital for isolation.

A woman in her 40s had returned to Darwin from the Philippines via Sydney on QF840 on Friday, March 27. She was diagnosed positive on March 31.

Health authorities contacted people who were in close contact with the woman aboard the QF840 flight, and others considered a casual contact were urged to keep track of their health.

A man in his late 20s flew from Sydney to Darwin on flight VA1351 on Friday, March 20 after being overseas. NT Public Health contacted travellers who were seated close to the Territorian.

A Darwin man in his late 20s travelled on flight QF838 from Melbourne to Darwin on Wednesday, March 25, 2020. He later tested positive for COVID-19.

.

.

MARCH 28

A Darwin man in his 30s tested positive on March 28 after returning from South America a week before. He was in self-quarantine before becoming unwell.

He was put into isolation at Royal Darwin Hospital under the care of NT Health.

MARCH 27

A Darwin woman in her 50s was in self-quarantine for a number of days after returning from Pakistan before developing mild symptoms.

The delay between returning home from travelling and becoming unwell meant she was not considered to have been infectious on her flights.

.

.

MARCH 26

A Katherine couple, aged in their 60s, returned from a holiday in South Africa on Silk Air Flight MI801 from Singapore to Darwin on Saturday, 21 March. They tested positive for COVID-19 on March 26.

An NT police officer and his partner from Central Australia also tested positive on March 26.

Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker reassured the people of Harts Range in Central Australia, where the officer and his partner had been self-isolating, that they had taken all appropriate precautions to avoid contact with any members of the public.

The couple was moved from Harts Range — to be cared for at the Alice Springs Hospital — when they began to feel unwell.

A Queensland woman in her 20s arrived in Darwin on Thursday, 26 March on Qantas Flight QF2 from London. She has been on her way home to Queensland.

But she became unwell in transit and was taken to Royal Darwin Hospital for treatment when her plane stopped in Darwin.

.

.

MARCH 25

A Darwin couple in their 70s tested positive on March 25.

The couple followed self-quarantine protocols on their return to Darwin two days beforehand and went to Royal Darwin Hospital after feeling unwell.

They went into isolation under the care of the NT Health system, with contract tracing undertaken.

.

.

MARCH 23

A Darwin man in his 70s became the sixth confirmed coronavirus case to test positive in the NT on Tuesday, March 24.

The man returned to Darwin from Sydney on Flight QF840 on Friday, March 20, arriving at 1pm.

The Top End Public Health Unit said the man and his partner both followed all public health protocols and went straight into isolation.

The man was admitted to Royal Darwin Hospital.

MARCH 21

A T erritory couple who disembarked the Ruby Princess cruise ship in Sydney became the fourth and fifth people to test positive to the virus in the Territory on March 21.

The couple in their 50s flew from Sydney on Jetstar Flight JQ672 which arrived in Darwin at 11.30pm on March 19.

A family member picked them up and took them home where they remained in isolation. They began feeling unwell and contacted the pandemic clinic before returning positive results on Saturday, March 21.

They were admitted to an isolated part of the Royal Darwin Hospital.

The couple were two of around 2700 passengers who disembarked the cruise ship in Sydney on Thursday, March 19, after a short cruise around the Pacific to New Zealand.

Under the guidelines introduced by Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the time, they were able to transit home before going into 14 days isolation.

.

.

MARCH 19

A Darwin man in his mid 30s tested positive for COVID-19 in the NT on Thursday, March 19.

The man arrived in Darwin on Flight JQ82 at 5am on March 19 from Zagreb, Croatia. The flight also travelled through Istanbul and Denpasar.

He had isolated himself before seeking medical treatment as he was feeling mildly unwell with flu-like symptoms. He was confirmed to have the virus that evening.

The man, originally from Darwin, had been travelling around Europe for several years and was returning home.

The man was treated in isolation at the Royal Darwin Hospital.

.

.

A 21-year-old woman was confirmed to have tested positive to coronavirus on March 19.

The woman arrived in Darwin on flight QF824 at midday on March 19 from Utah in the United States.

The flight also travelled through San Francisco and Brisbane.

She went into self-isolation immediately and was later tested at the Royal Darwin Hospital Pandemic Clinic after developing a sore throat and a cough.

She went into isolation in Royal Darwin Hospital and authorities followed the process of tracking down the people who were on her flight.

.

.

MARCH 4

The first confirmed case to test positive to COVID-19 in the NT was a tourist from Sydney who was confirmed as having the virus on the evening of March 4.

The man shopped at the Woolworths in Darwin City and checked in to the Ramada Zen Quarter Hotel before seeking medical treatment as he felt unwell.

He drove himself to the Royal Darwin Hospital and was immediately isolated there.

Shoppers at the Darwin City Woolworths and guests staying at the Ramada Zen Quarter Hotel were alerted to the man’s actions in the days following his positive test result.

The hotel closed off the room the man was in for cleaning.

.

.

■ FOR all the very latest news and health information on the coronavirus situation in the Northern Territory, and the coronavirus pandemic in general, visit ntnews.com.au or read here about how you can subscribe to the NT News, and all the amazing benefits and bonuses you get with a digital subscription

Originally published as Everything we know about the 82 Northern Territory COVID-19 cases