Today there are no new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand. That means our total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 remains at 1,153, which is the number we report to the World Health Organization.
Our combined total of confirmed and probable cases remains at 1,503. Today we have recorded 97% of all confirmed and probable cases as having recovered from COVID-19, an increase of five on yesterday, for a total of 1,452.
There are no additional deaths to report. There is one person receiving hospital-level care for COVID-19; they are in Middlemore and are not in the ICU.
Yesterday our laboratories completed 6,113 tests, bringing the total number of tests completed to date to 244,838. Influenza vaccines New Zealanders are encouraged to get