The first case of Covid-19 at Christchurch's Rosewood rest home was confirmed on April 3, a Friday, late in the afternoon. READ MORE:* 'Relieved' nurses at Burwood's Covid-19 ward after new masks and better training* Over half of Covid-19 cases diagnosed in New Zealand have now recovered* Three more Rosewood Rest Home residents die of Covid-19, six in total* Coronavirus: Another Covid-19 death linked to Christchurch's Rosewood rest homeCanterbury District Health Board's infection prevention and control service, whose job it is to "minimise the occurrence and spread of infection", phoned Rosewood with the result late on Friday. She was a woman in her 90s, originally from Rosewood rest home, being treated at Burwood Hospital. JOSEPH JOHNSON/STUFF Six people have died in Christchurch's Burwood Hospital from coronavirus since April 6, when 20 elderly dementia patients from Rosewood Rest Home were moved there. An investigation into rest homes with confirmed Covid-19 cases was announced by Bloomfield on Tuesday.

Source: Stuff April 15, 2020 19:30 UTC