• No new community cases; 1 border case; 1 new historical case of COVID-19

No new community cases; 1 border case; 1 new historical case of COVID-19

A border worker, who works at Auckland Airport, has returned a positive test result for Covid-19 .

The Ministry of Health says the usual protocol of isolating the case, interviewing them, and tracing their contacts and movements is underway.

"More information will be provided later today and this case will be included in tomorrow's totals."

There is one historical case of Covid-19 to report since yesterday – this case is a recent returnee who is considered recovered.

The seven-day rolling average of new cases detected at the border is two.

The total number of active cases reported in New Zealand today is 86. Seventeen previously reported cases have now recovered. The total number of confirmed cases is 2,241.

Since 1 January 2021, there have been 49 historical cases, out of a total of 425 cases.

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