5 Nov 2021

Second person dies self-isolating for Covid, cause of death unconfirmed

From Checkpoint, 5:08 pm on 5 November 2021

Further questions are being raised about home self isolation for Covid cases after the death of a second person.

The Auckland man in his 50s was found dead at an address in Mount Eden after an ambulance was called.

It comes two days after a man in his 40s also died while self-isolating at home.

It's as case numbers climbed by a record 163 today - with 159 in Auckland and four in the Waikato.

Andrew McRae reports.