The Ministry of Health received 7434 test results since the last update, and 35 were positive for the coronavirus, giving a test positivity rate of 0.5%.
These results are from testing done on:
- Monday, August 16: 10 positive out of 2289 results (0.4% positivity)
- Tuesday, August 17: 12 positive out of 2573 results (0.5% positivity)
- Wednesday, August 18: 13 positive out of 2821 results (0.5% positivity)
6 of the new cases are classified as imported with history of travel in the previous 14 days, with details as follows: