Today, there are 76 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. One of our probable cases has now been confirmed as having COVID-19 and is therefore one of the 76 confirmed cases.
There have been no other probable cases reported today, so the number of probable cases has dropped by one to 37. There have been no additional deaths.
There are 63 reported cases which we can confirm have recovered. The combined total of confirmed and probable cases in New Zealand is 589, 75 more than yesterday taking into account the reduction in probable cases.
Today we have 12 people in hospital with COVID-19. It is good news that 3 of these people are soon expected to be discharged.