Today there are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in managed isolation facilities in New Zealand. It has been 73 days since the last case of COVID-19 was acquired locally from an unknown source.
This means our total number of confirmed cases remains at 1,194, which is the number we report to the World Health Organization.
There are no new recovered cases today, which means the total number of active cases is 25. There is no one in New Zealand receiving hospital-level care for COVID-19.
Implementing the COVID-19 testing strategy ‘There are three key groups now being tested,’ says Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield. ‘First, all returnees are tested at around days 3 and 12 of their stay in managed isolation and at any time if