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Today there are no new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand. The total number of cases in Southern as of 20 May 2020 is 216 (confirmed and probable). One case remains active, 213 individuals have now recovered and two are deceased. The most recent case in the Southern district was reported on 18 April.

The government’s new Covid-19 contact tracing app is now available. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield told Morning Report the app would be helpful for getting the country towards alert level 1, but not critical. The number of cases is still the biggest factor. “When you download the ap

The Ministry of Health has announced no new COVID-19 cases in the Southern district today. The region’s total remains 216, with one active case, 213 now recovered and two deceased. In the Southern district, it has now been 30 days since a new case was reported. There are no new cases of COVID-19 to

103 players from all over New Zealand will be celebrating after each winning $10,363 in Saturday’s Strike Must Be Won draw. The Strike Must Be Won jackpot of $1 million was not won by a single ticket and therefore rolled down to Division 2, where it was shared by the 103 players. Marie Winfield, Hea

Watch live: Ashley Bloomfield and Andrew Coster on Covid-19 and level 2 rules Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Police Commissioner Andrew Coster are providing an update on the Covid-19 response and level 2 rules. Watch the briefing here at 1pm: https://youtu.be/sw5mKv5RHCA

A crash between a car and a ute happened at about 4:20pm on Elles Road outside Splash Palace, closing the northbound lane towards Tay street. A St John spokeswoman confirmed two ambulances attended the scene, two patients with minor injuries and two patients with moderate injuries were taken to Sout

This means New Zealand’s combined total of confirmed and probable cases remains at 1,498, of which 1,148 are confirmed cases of COVID-19. We now have 1,428 people reported as having recovered from COVID-19, an increase of seven on yesterday. This is 95% of all confirmed and probable cases. Today the

The Government’s U-turn on allowing more than 10 people at a funeral signals to New Zealanders that they can be trusted to act appropriately. Invercargill deputy Mayor Toni Biddle, who was right behind a petition to change the rules, said the whole country had gone to battle on what was considered p