There are a total of five new confirmed cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today. Two are new imported cases. There are three community cases, two are contacts of cases known to be part of the outbreak.
One of these is under investigation. An additional case reported yesterday as a household contact is now under investigation.
Genome sequencing is underway. These cases bring our total number of confirmed cases to 1,344, which is the number we report to the World Health Organization.
The total number of active cases in New Zealand is 134, of which 21 are imported cases from managed isolation facilities. The imported cases include a female in her 50s who arrived in New Zealand 13 August and a male in his 30s who arrived 21 August.