**Health Minister Sarah Courtney and Acting Public Health Director Dr Scott McKeown say a manual counting error meant incorrect information about case numbers was shared with media outlets on Sunday night. Originally nine new cases and a state total of 197 were reported by the Public Health Department. That was incorrect and the story below has been updated with the correct information.
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Tasmania recorded a total of seven new cases of coronavirus since 6pm Saturday and the state's total number of confirmed cases now stands at 195.
Public Health Director Dr Mark Veitch said all of the new cases were from the North-West.
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"The results of three cases became available during Saturday night," Dr Veitch said.
"Two are close contacts of a confirmed case."
Dr Veitch confirmed of the new cases was the resident of an aged care facility.
"Details of the six cases that were diagnosed on Sunday will be provided later," he advised.
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On Sunday Health Minister Sarah Courtney said 69 people in Tasmania had recovered from the virus and been released from quarantine.
Ms Courtney said 309 people presented at testing clinics across the state on Friday and about 260 of those people were from the North-West.
There have been eight deaths from coronavirus in Tasmania to date.
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Ryan Young
Journalist at The Examiner in Launceston via the Daily Liberal at Dubbo.
Journalist at The Examiner in Launceston via the Daily Liberal at Dubbo.
