There are seven new confirmed cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today. All are related to the community outbreak in Auckland.
There are no new imported cases. Of the seven community cases, four are linked to churches in Auckland. Three are separate household contacts.
This brings our total number of confirmed cases to 1,339, which is the number we report to the World Health Organization. One previously reported case is now considered recovered.
The total number of active cases in New Zealand is 129, of which 19 are imported cases from managed isolation facilities. By this morning, our contact tracing team had identified 2,446 close contacts of cases, of which 2,390 have been contacted and are self-isolating, and we are in the