No new community cases; 8 cases of COVID-19 in 2 days in managed isolation; 1 historical case
There are no new COVID-19 cases in the community to report today.
There are 8 new positive cases of COVID-19 to report in managed isolation since Friday.
The eight new cases are travellers arriving from Singapore, Pakistan, Qatar, the Philippines, Sweden, India, Ireland and Papua New Guinea.
The person who travelled to Singapore is considered to be a historical case and not currently infectious. They arrived from there on March 2 and then flew back to Singapore on March 7, after which they returned a weak positive test result.
The seven-day rolling average of new cases detected at the border is 4.
There is also one new historical case to report. Historical cases are not considered to be currently infectious.
The number of previously reported cases that have now recovered is six. The total number of active cases in New Zealand today is 58.
The total number of confirmed cases is 2,097.
Since 1 January 2021, there have been 40 historical cases, out of a total of 286 cases.
Testing information
The total number of tests processed by laboratories to date is 1,849,867.
On Friday, 5,223 tests were processed and yesterday there were 4,166 tests processed. The seven-day rolling average up to yesterday is 4,412 tests processed.
For up-to-date information on testing locations in Auckland, visit https://www.arphs.health.nz/ and all testing locations nationwide, visit the Healthpoint website.
