Six new COVID-19 cases have been recorded in the Northern Territory in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 16 cases in four days.
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A female, aged 71, who arrived on the repatriation flight from Chennai on April 15 has tested positive for COVID-19.
The patient is in the care of Royal Darwin Hospital for medical treatment unrelated to COVID-19.
Additionally, two males aged 33 and 42, and three females aged four, 33 and 34 who arrived on the repatriation flight from New Delhi on April 17 have tested positive for COVID-19.
The 42-year-old male is displaying mild symptoms while the other cases are asymptomatic.
All five are still in quarantine at the Howard Springs facility.
It follows four new cases, which were recorded on Monday, all were passengers on the repatriation flights that arrived from Chennai on Thursday and New Delhi on Saturday.
A further six passengers on the Chennai flight were diagnosed with the virus on Saturday, meaning the total number of new cases since the weekend stands at 16.
Since repatriation flights to the Northern Territory began on October 23 2020, 6668 international arrivals have undertaken quarantine at the Howard Springs Centre for National Resilience.
A total of 89 positive COVID-19 cases have been reported from international repatriation.
The total number of cases diagnosed in the Northern Territory is 130.
All cases have been related to international or interstate travel, with no cases of community transmission.
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