(Commonwealth Healthcare Corp.) — Two additional individuals have been confirmed positive for Covid-19. This brings the CNMI’s total to 198 cases since March 28, 2020.
The individuals were identified by travel screening and confirmed through fifth-day testing on Aug. 1 and testing on arrival on Aug. 2, 2021.
The individuals have been quarantined and are actively monitored.
One case was identified on Tinian but the individual’s close contacts tested negative for Covid-19. There was no community transmission in Tinian.
The CHCC Communicable Disease Investigation/Inspection team has already initiated contact tracing for the most immediate contacts of the new confirmed cases.
