Five more people test positive for coronavirus in the NT
FOUR Territorians and a Queenslander have returned positive tests for coronavirus in the Northern Territory overnight
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FOUR Territorians and a Queenslander have overnight returned positive tests for coronavirus in the Northern Territory.
The four Territorians – a couple from Katherine and a couple from Central Australia – along with the Queensland woman, who was transitting through Darwin, had all returned from overseas travel.
All five people are now under the supervision of NT Health.
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The cases mean that 12 Territorians have now been diagnosed with COVID-19.
The Queensland woman in her 20s arrived in Darwin on Thursday 26 March on Qantas flight QF2 from London and went to Royal Darwin Hospital.
The Katherine couple, aged in their 60s, had returned from a holiday in South Africa on Silk Air flight MI801 from Singapore to Darwin on Saturday 21 March.
The Central Australian couple had been on holiday in Austria and returned to the NT on Jetstar flight JQ664 from Melbourne to Yulara on Sunday 22 March.
The Queensland woman’s case will be recorded in that state’s statistics.
The new cases come a day after a Darwin couple tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday after returning from a trip to New York.
The 72-year-old and 73-year-old had returned to Darwin on Monday from their overseas trip via Sydney on Qantas flight QF840.
Anyone who travelled on these flights are asked to call the Public Health Unit on 08 8922 8044.
On the same day a Darwin man tested positive to coronavirus while in quarantine in New South Wales.
The man, aged in his 60s, was a passenger on the Ruby Princess cruise ship and had stayed in Sydney after becoming unwell. He is being monitored by NSW health authorities.
Seven Territorians have now been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the past two days.
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In all, 13 people are now being treated for COVID-19 in the Territory, 11 Territorians, the latest Qld woman, and a 52-year-old NSW man who tested positive in Darwin on March 4 after flying in from Sydney.
He is counted as a NSW case.
Originally published as Five more people test positive for coronavirus in the NT