New Zealand reports first death in current COVID-19 outbreak, 20 new cases

New Zealand reported on Saturday the first death in the current COVID-19 outbreak and 20 new local cases of the highly infectious Delta variant, health authorities said.

The woman who died was in her 90s and had a number of underlying health conditions, health officials said in a statement. All of the new cases were in Auckland, the epicentre of the outbreak.

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