There has been another confirmed case of COVID-19 in the Territory overnight.
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That brings the official coronavirus tally in the NT to six.
Again the latest case is travel-related.
Health officials said the 75-year-old man followed the recommended health protocols and there is no community spread of the virus at this time.
The man returned to Darwin from Sydney on QF840 on Friday arriving at 1pm.
The Top End Public Health Unit will be in touch with close contacts over the next 24-hours, and in line with national clinical advice other passengers on the flight should monitor their health until Friday, April 3 and arrange testing if they develop any symptoms.
The man and his partner both followed all public health protocols and went straight into isolation, and there is little risk to the NT community.
He has been admitted to Royal Darwin Hospital. All confirmed COVID-19 cases in the NT remain at Royal Darwin Hospital.
All six cases in the Territory now were overseas travellers.
A Territory couple who disembarked from the Ruby Princess cruise ship in Sydney and flew to Darwin tested positive to COVID-19 late last week.
The ship had docked in Sydney on Thursday after sailing from New Zealand.
The infections only became public 24 hours after the ship docked.and although some passengers displaying flu-like symptoms while aboard, four COVID-19 detections were not known until well after passengers disembarked.
A man in his 30s tested positive for the virus after he travelled to Darwin from Zagreb via Istanbul and Denpasar, arriving on Flight JQ82 at 5am on March 19.
He immediately went into self-isolation and was later tested at the Royal Darwin Hospital Pandemic Clinic. He is now in isolation in Royal Darwin Hospital.
Separately, a 21-year old woman has tested positive after returning to Darwin from Utah, she travelled from Utah to San Francisco and on to Brisbane, before arriving into Darwin on Flight QF824 on Thursday.
She went into self-isolation immediately and was later tested at the Royal Darwin Hospital Pandemic Clinic after developing a sore throat and a cough. She is now in isolation in Royal Darwin Hospital.
People on those flights are being contacted as part of the contact tracing procedures.
Another man travelling from Sydnety became the Territory's first case several weeks ago.
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