Hunter New England records first confirmed COVID-19 case case in nearly a year

Andrew Messenger
Updated June 28 2021 - 9:28am, first published 7:00am
A man living in the Glen Innes Severn local government area was confirmed as infected with the virus on Sunday, according to Hunter New England Health. Photo: Andrew Messenger
A man living in the Glen Innes Severn local government area was confirmed as infected with the virus on Sunday, according to Hunter New England Health. Photo: Andrew Messenger

The New England has recorded its first confirmed COVID-19 case in 326 days after a man with the virus returned from the Northern Territory recently.

Andrew Messenger

Andrew Messenger

Northern Daily Leader journalist

Politics, environment and energy journalist at the Northern Daily Leader. I also write about health, bushfires and occasionally music. I'm a Brisbane boy by way of Charleville and Hobart who now lives in in beautiful New England. Get me at andrew.messenger@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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