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Woman in her 80s dies of COVID-19 bringing NZ death toll to 14

Woman in her 80s dies of COVID-19 bringing NZ death toll to 14

By Naveel Krishant
22/04/2020
Auckland City Hospital [image: TV NZ]

Another person has died of COVID-19 in New Zealand, bringing the total death toll to 14.

The woman was in her 80s and was a resident of the Rosewood Aged Care Facility.

She had been transferred to Burwood Hospital and had underlying conditions.

She is the eighth Rosewood Rest Home resident to have died from coronavirus.

Six new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand were confirmed today.

The total number of people who have recovered of coronavirus are 1036.

[source: TV NZ]

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