Media release
There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in the community in New Zealand today.
There are two new cases to report in recent returnees in managed isolation facilities since the Ministry’s last update yesterday.
There are also two cases which have been deemed historical and are not considered infectious.
The seven-day rolling average of new cases detected at the border is two.
Two previously reported cases have now recovered.
Since 1 January 2021, there have been 70 historical cases, out of a total of 524 cases. A case reported on 3 June has now been deemed historical and added to the historical cases count.
The total number of active cases in New Zealand today is 24.
Our total number of confirmed cases is 2,340.
New border cases
| Arrival date | From | Via | Positive test day/reason | Managed isolation/ quarantine location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 June | India | Qatar | Day 3/contact of a case | Auckland |
| 7 June | Bahrain | United Arab Emirates | Day 0/routine testing | Auckland |
| 28 May* | India | Qatar | Day 3/routine testing | Auckland |
| 29 May* | India | Qatar | Day 6/contact of a case | Auckland |
* These cases are deemed historical and not considered infectious
Melbourne travellers
The original cohort of travellers from Melbourne, including air crew is now 5,160. Of those:
- 3,184 have returned a negative test result,
- 1,774 require no further action as they have returned to Australia or have reached the 14-day post exposure date,
- 202 are exempt from testing because they are under the age of 12.
As there are no further actions required, this is the final report on this cohort.
Testing information
The total number of tests processed by laboratories to date is 2,175,651.
On Tuesday, 3,725 tests were processed.
The seven-day rolling average is 3,805.
For all testing locations nationwide visit the Healthpoint website.
This testing data does not include the number of tests processed by Waikato DHB, as systems remain down as a result of the cyber attack. The Waikato data continues to be recorded manually and monitored. The data will be added to the tally once systems have been restored.
So far, the manual data is showing an average of around 200 tests processed per day since 17 May.
NZ COVID Tracer
NZ COVID Tracer now has 2,845,626 registered users.
Poster scans have reached 282,055,496 and users have created 10,682,271 manual diary entries.
There have been 470,772 scans in the last 24 hours to midday yesterday.