Today we have two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 to report and no new probable cases. Both of today’s cases can be linked to the St Margaret’s Hospital & Rest Home cluster in Auckland.
Both cases are household contacts of an employee at the rest home. The total of confirmed and probable cases is 1,487. There are no additional deaths to report.
New Zealand’s total number of confirmed cases is 1,136. This is the number we report to the World Health Organization and in many instances this is the number reported publicly by other countries.
There were 4,634 tests completed yesterday, with a combined total to date of 150,223. Of our cases, 1,266 are reported as recovered – an increase of 3 on yesterday.