There are 2 cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation to report in New Zealand since our media statement yesterday.
There are no new cases in the community.
Of the new cases:
- One case arrived on 26 January and tested positive around day 16. This was a contact of a case and has been transferred to a quarantine facility in Auckland.
- One case arrived on 7 February and tested positive around day 3. They have been transferred to a quarantine facility in Auckland.
Twelve previously reported cases have now recovered. The total number of active cases in New Zealand is 44.
Our total number of confirmed cases is 1,970.The total number of tests processed by laboratories to date is 1,578,782.
Globally, there have been 106,991,090 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 2,347,015 deaths, reported to WHO.
On Thursday, 5,089 tests were processed. The seven-day rolling average up to yesterday is 3,868 tests processed.
Historical cases
Since January 1, there have been 28 historical cases, out of a total of 160 cases. These historical cases have all been previously reported.
Vaccine update
New Zealand’s first batch of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is set to arrive in New Zealand next week, subject to transportation plans and quality temperature control.
The vaccine will be independently tested for quality assurance and, once safety checks are completed, the vaccine is expected to be rolled out to border and MIQ workers.
Please see today’s announcement by the Prime Minister and the Minister for COVID-19 Response: beehive.govt.nz/release/new-ze…
NZ COVID Tracer now has 2,564,804 registered users.
Poster scans have reached 177,034,553 and users have created 7,219,060 manual diary entries.
The Ministry’s next update is planned for 1pm on Saturday 13 February.
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COVID-19 ALERT LEVEL UPDATE
From 11:59pm tonight, Auckland moves to Alert Level 3 and the rest of New Zealand moves to Alert Level 2. The measures will remain in place for three days until midnight Wednesday.
They will be reviewed on a 24-hour basis and we will provide regular updates. This is a response to the latest community outbreak in Auckland which is currently under investigation. We don’t yet have a complete picture of the potential source of the infection and spread.
Accordingly, we have chosen to respond with a high degree of caution because of the possibility that this might be one of the new more transmissible strains of COVID-19.
There are 2 new cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation to report in New Zealand since our media statement yesterday.
There are no new cases in the community.
Of the new cases:
- One person arrived on 9 February and tested positive around day 0. They have been transferred to a quarantine facility in Auckland.
- One person arrived on 9 February and tested positive around day 1. They have been transferred to a quarantine facility in Auckland.
Our first batch of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is set to arrive in New Zealand next week.
On arrival, the vaccine must be independently tested for quality assurance. Once testing is complete, the doses will be formally released to start the first phase of the vaccination programme.
Border workers will be vaccinated first, followed by their household contacts. Border workers include MIQ cleaners, nurses who undertake health checks in MIQ, security staff, customs and border officials, airline staff and hotel workers, among others.
There are 3 new cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation to report in New Zealand since our media statement yesterday.
There are no new cases in the community.
Of the new border cases:
- One case arrived on 28 January and tested positive around day 12. They are in quarantine in Auckland.
- One case arrived on 30 January and tested positive around day 9. They are in quarantine in Auckland.
- One case arrived on 7 February and tested positive around day 0. They are in quarantine in Auckland.
There are 2 new cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation to report in New Zealand since our media statement yesterday. One previously reported case has now recovered.
The total number of active cases in New Zealand is now 67.
Our total number of confirmed cases is 1,966. Globally, there have been 105,805,951 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 2,312,278 deaths, reported to WHO.
The total number of tests processed by laboratories to date is 1,565,107.
The seven-day rolling average up to yesterday is 3,930 tests processed. On Monday our laboratories processed 2,207 tests.
New Border Case Details
One case arrived on 3 February and tested positive on day 3. They are in a quarantine facility in Auckland.