The inbound traveller has gone into isolation after the positive Covid test result.
Guernsey has a new confirmed case of coronavirus, the States has said.
The island's current single case was picked up by testing during an inbound traveller's arrival on the island, it said. The traveller had followed all the local protocols and guidance and was in isolation, the government added. Guernsey has seen 14 confirmed and three presumptive deaths of people who had the virus since the beginning of the pandemic.
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