A Covid-19 vaccination site on Saipan in the Northern Marianas. January 2021.
Photo: RNZ Pacific/ Mark Rabago
The latest case had returned a positive result on Friday after undergoing community screening for travellers returning to the island.
The Commonwealth Healthcare Corp said the individual was asymptomatic and close contacts will also be tested.
The CNMI has 147 Covid with 120 identified through travel screening and 27 local transmissions.
The latest case comes amid Governor Ralph Torres renewal of the Declaration of State of Public Health Emergency and Continued Declaration of a State of Significant Emergency he enacted soon after the CNMI recorded its first positive case in March, 2020.