For eight days in a row, there have been no new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand. Our total number of confirmed cases remains at 1,154, which is the number we report to the World Health Organization.
Our combined total of confirmed and probable cases remains at 1,504. The number of recovered cases is unchanged at 1,481. Only one case remains active.
There are no additional deaths to report. There is no one in New Zealand receiving hospital-level care for COVID-19. Yesterday our laboratories completed 3,020 tests, bringing the total number of tests completed to date to 278,872.
Contact Tracing The Ministry continues to closely monitor the timeliness of contract tracing using the performance metrics outlined by Dr Ayesha Verrall in