Media Release

Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet Positive COVID-19 Case Update

1 October 2021

One new COVID-19 case has been recorded in the Northern Territory in the past 24-hours.

A male child who arrived on the repatriation flight from Islamabad, Pakistan, on 25 September 2021 has tested positive for COVID-19.

He is mildly symptomatic and is under the care of NT Health at the NT Centre for National Resilience.

Since repatriation flights to the Northern Territory began on 23 October 2020:

· 16,623 international arrivals have undertaken quarantine at the Howard Springs Centre for National Resilience.

· A total of 197 positive COVID-19 cases have been overseas-acquired, 146 of which have been reported from international repatriation.

There are currently 8 active cases in the Northern Territory, which are in care at the Centre for National Resilience Unsubscribe https://ntgovernmentagencies.createsend1.com/t/t-u-ctklujt-l-j/