There are no new community cases of COVID-19 to report today.
There is one border worker who has returned a positive test result for COVID-19 – they work at Auckland Airport.
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.
Our 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.
TESTING INFORMATION
The total number of tests processed by laboratories to date is 1,978,011.
On Monday, 3,252 tests were processed.
The seven-day rolling average up to yesterday is 4,254 tests processed.
NZ COVID TRACER
NZ COVID Tracer now has 2,788,871 registered users.
Poster scans have reached 251,656,178 and users have created 9,409,207 manual diary entries. There have been 558,804 scans in the last 24 hours to midday yesterday.
Everyone in New Zealand should be keeping a full record of their movements in case it is required for contact tracing purposes.
This includes visitors who may have just arrived from Australia – please download the NZ COVID Tracer app, scan QR codes wherever you see them, and create manual diary entries for places like houses of friends and whanau.
This is particularly important during periods like school holidays, when people may be moving around and visiting places outside of their usual neighbourhood.
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Following interviews with the person who has today returned a positive test for COVID-19, the Ministry of Health believes there is a clear link to the border as the source of the infection.
The person who has tested positive for COVID-19 works as a cleaner at Auckland International Airport, cleaning planes that have flown internationally from countries where COVID-19 is widespread.
The person has been regularly tested every week for COVID-19 as part of routine surveillance testing. They were tested yesterday at their workplace as part of this, and that test came back as positive today. Their previous tests were all negative.
There are no new cases in the community to report today.
There are 2 new positive cases of COVID-19 to report in managed isolation since yesterday. The seven-day rolling average of new cases detected at the border is 2.
The total number of active cases in New Zealand today is 102. One previously reported case has now recovered and another previously reported case has been reclassified to ‘under investigation.’
Our total number of confirmed cases is 2,240.
Since 1 January 2021, there have been 48 historical cases, out of a total of 424 cases.
Globally, there have been 140,322,903 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 3,003,794 deaths, reported to WHO.
There are no new cases in the community to report today.
There are four new positive cases of COVID-19 and 1 historical case to report in managed isolation since our last media statement on Friday. The seven-day rolling average of new cases detected at the border is three.
The total number of active cases in New Zealand today is 102.
Our total number of confirmed cases is 2,239. Three previously reported cases have now recovered.
Since 1 January 2021, there have been 48 historical cases, out of a total of 423 cases.
Today the Government has announced we are temporarily suspending entry into New Zealand for travellers from India. This will take effect from 4pm on 11 April and remain in place until 28 April.
While New Zealand continues to enjoy effective elimination of COVID with no community transmission, the same is not true of the rest of the world.
The World Health Organisation global reporting shows that in just the last month cases of the virus have been on the rise again internationally after falling steadily over January and February, with surges in cases particularly in Brazil and India.
There is one new border-related positive COVID-19 case, in a worker at the Grand Millennium managed isolation facility.
The worker returned a positive swab after being tested on Tuesday.
The person returned high CT values which can mean it is either early on in their infection, nearing the end, or the case is historical. An urgent repeat test is being carried out today to give health officials a better understanding of this person’s infection.
Whole Genome Sequencing will be carried out.
The case lives alone and travels to work with a colleague. The case’s colleague has been informed they are a close contact, is self-isolating at home and will be tested today.
There are no new COVID-19 community cases to report today and 7 new positive COVID-19 border-related cases in managed isolation since our last update on Tuesday.
The seven-day rolling average of new cases detected at the border is 5.
The total number of active cases in New Zealand today is 81.
Our total number of confirmed cases is 2,175. Globally, there have been 131,487,572 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 2,857,702 deaths, reported to WHO.
Since 1 January 2021, there have been 43 historical cases, out of a total of 363 cases.
Of the new border cases,
- One new case arrived on 22 March, and tested positive around day 14. They are a contact of a case, and are in a quarantine facility in Auckland.