There are 40 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand as at 10 am this morning. We also have 3 new probable cases. In these cases, the person has returned a negative laboratory result, but the clinician treating the person has diagnosed them as a probable case due to their exposure history and clinical symptoms.
These cases are treated as if they were a positive laboratory confirmed case and the actions taken are the same as for confirmed cases, that is self-isolation and active contact tracing.
Therefore, our combined total of confirmed and probable cases is 155. We will now report the total combined confirmed and probable cases each day.
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