WELLINGTON, July 20 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand reported one new case of COVID-19 on Monday in managed isolation facilities, bringing the number of active cases in the country to 26, according to the Ministry of Health.
It has now been 80 days since the last case of COVID-19 was acquired locally from an unknown source, said in a ministry statement.
Monday's case was a man in his 40s who arrived in the country last Wednesday from Mexico, flying via Los Angeles, it said.
He tested positive following day 3 surveillance testing and has been transferred, along with his family, to a quarantine facility in Auckland.
The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand is now 1,204, which is the number reported to the World Health Organization, the statement said.
One person was transferred from Auckland's quarantine facility to Middlemore Hospital on Sunday for an unrelated health condition. This person is in a stable condition, it said.
"The patient was cared for in a separate room in the Emergency Department at Middlemore Hospital before being transferred to a separate room on one of the hospital wards," it added.
The number of COVID-19 related deaths in New Zealand was 22, according to the ministry. Enditem
