No new community cases; 1 case of COVID-19 in managed isolation
There is one new positive case of Covid-19 in managed isolation and no new cases in the community since yesterday.
The new case is a contact of a previously reported case who is in quarantine. They arrived on March 30 from India via United Arab Emirates.
The seven-day rolling average of new cases detected at the border is four. The total number of active cases in New Zealand today is 100 and the total number of confirmed cases is 2,234.
Two previously reported cases have now been reclassified. Both are now deemed historical and were reported in their respective countries of origin, so are not included in New Zealand’s figures. This has created a net change in our total confirmed cases of -1 since our statement yesterday.
Since January 1 2021, there have been 46 historical cases, out of a total of 418 cases.
The total number of tests processed by laboratories to date is 1,963,982.
On Thursday, 4,694 tests were processed. The seven-day rolling average up to yesterday is 4,478 tests processed.
The pop-up testing centre at the Mt Roskill War Memorial, 15 May Road, Auckland, is open today.
