No new community cases; 2 cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation
There are no new COVID-19 community cases two new border-related cases to report in managed isolation. The seven-day rolling average of new cases detected at the border is four.
Both cases arrived from India via United Arab Emirates on March 28 and March 29.
Ten additional people have now recovered.
The total number of active cases in New Zealand today is 72 and the total number of confirmed cases is 2,141.
Since January 1 2021, there have been 42 historical cases, out of a total of 329 cases.
On Tuesday, 6,096 tests were processed. In the last week, 35,204 tests have been processed, with a seven-day rolling average up to yesterday of 5,029 tests processed.
The total number of tests processed by laboratories to date is 1,896,964.
Up-to-date information on all testing locations nationwide is available on the Healthpoint website: https://www.healthpoint.co.nz/covid-19/.
Grand Mercure managed isolation facility
The investigation into the Day 12 case at the Grand Mercure managed isolation facility in Auckland continues. The total number of returnees in this group, who required additional monitoring after leaving the hotel, reduced by one yesterday to 343 because a person has left the country. Health authorities at this person’s destination country have been notified.
Of these 343 returnees, 340 have been contacted. Negative tests have been returned for all but 12 people. One of these 12 people has refused a test, with appropriate management and advice being provided by public health staff. We are continuing to monitor the 11 outstanding results.
