Twelve police staff are self-isolating after coming into contact with two people who have tested positive for COVID-19 in Rotorua.
The Ministry of Health revealed on Sunday that two people in the Lakes District Health Board area had tested positive for the virus after a person sought care at Rotorua Hospital for a non-COVID health matter and then returned a positive test result.
An additional case in Rotorua not included in today's tally will be added in Monday's case numbers.
"The police staff came into contact with the two people when responding to a call for service yesterday [Saturday] afternoon," a police spokesperson said.
"Police were advised by the district health board at around 8pm last night that the two people had tested positive for COVID-19.
"All staff that came into contact with them have been tested and are currently awaiting results and are self-isolating as a precaution until results are received."
Police say they have made arrangements to redeploy other staff to cover until these staff are able to return to work.
Police will not comment on the situation regarding how the staff came into contact with the positive cases citing privacy reasons.
This comes after New Zealand recorded a record day of new COVID-19 cases in the community.
The Ministry of Health announced on Sunday that there are 207 new cases with 192 in Auckland, seven in Waikato, two in Northland and MidCentral and four in the Lakes District.
They also announced that a woman in her 90s with COVID-19 has died in North Shore Hospital.
