There is one new community case of Covid-19 in New Zealand today, but the individual is already in the Auckland quarantine facility. The new case, referred to as Case O, is a household contact of Cases I, J, K and L and has been in quarantine since February 23 as a precaution. This morning the government confirmed genomic sequencing showed the latest community case of Covid-19 in Auckland is linked to the South Auckland cluster. Bloomfield said the new community case from yesterday was the UK variant. 'Let's stick together'Ardern acknowledged the "frustration" of Aucklanders, but said "turning on each other" would not help, referring to the community case who broke isolation rules.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 28, 2021 00:12 UTC