Only one active case of COVID-19 remaining in NT as another victim recovers
THERE is now only one active case of coronavirus remaining in the Territory with 31 of the 32 cases recorded here since the pandemic began now fully recovered
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THE Territory has one active case of coronavirus left with 31 people recovered.
Data from the NT Government’s coronavirus site revealed 31 people who tested positive for the virus in the Territory had recovered.
The most recent cases to be diagnosed was a Darwin man in 30s on July 1 — the first case since April 29 — and a US Marine who tested positive on July 8.
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The Darwin local had flown 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 a declared coronavirus hotspot in Melbourne.
He then flew to Darwin, via Brisbane, on Qantas Flight 836 arriving on Monday. His flight code from Melbourne to Brisbane was QF610.
He began feeling unwell and were yeasted, with Health Minister Natasha Fyles saying it was not a case of community transmission.
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The 21-year-old US Marine 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, and was transferred from the Roberston Barracks to the Royal Darwin Hospital.
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