A COVID-positive case attended Wollongong Hospital on Monday night it has been confirmed.
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An Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District spokesperson said the confirmed case had been transported to the ED, and treated in a separate area dedicated to patients with suspected infectious diseases.
The patient was assessed, treated and discharged a few hours later.
The spokesperson said no further details were available on Tuesday night.
There's currently five active COVID-19 cases in the Wollongong local government area and one in the Nowra area - a man in his 30s who was confirmed late last week.
All of these have been in isolation as they were close contacts of previously announced cases linked to the Bondi cluster.
Since the start of the pandemic there's been a total of 160 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the ISLHD - 125 of these were acquired overseas.
More to come.
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