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The All of Government COVID-19 National Response will provide an update at 1.00 pm today.
Following two days of zero new cases, Ardern and Bloomfield bring the latest update.
Yesterday, the country recorded no new cases and no new deaths.
Bloomfield said in yesterday’s briefing one of the cases previously defined as probable was no longer a case, meaning total cases dropped by one to 1488.
Live Update details:
- There are two new cases on Covid-19 to report today. One is confirmed and one is probable.
- The confirmed case is linked to the Marist cluster in Auckland.
- Around 250 people linked to the cluster have been tested so far and this case was the only case. Dr Bloomfield says it was a “weak positive” and it’s unlikely they’re infectious.
- The student will remain in isolation and be re-tested in a weeks’ time, Dr Bloomfield says.
- The probable case is linked to the St Margaret’s rest home cluster.
- The total number of New Zealand cases is now 1488.
- There is one more Covid-19 related death to report. The person is linked to the Rosewood rest home and was a probable case.
- The woman was a probable case and had underlying health conditions.
- There were 4772 tests processed yesterday, bringing the total to 160,700 tests.
- There are no new clusters and three are closed.
- “We are by no means out of the woods, we need everyone to stick to the plan,” Dr Bloomfield says.
- Jacinda Ardern says the news that Microsoft will make an investment in New Zealand to establish a data centre for its cloud services is welcome news. Ardern says it is subject to normal regulatory processes.
- “It signals to the world that New Zealand is open for business,” Ardern says.
- Ardern says by tackling the virus early, we are well positioned to rebuild our economy.
- She says that while latest figures show a promising employment rate, it doesn’t take into account the worst of the lockdown.
- Ardern says the government will look into situations where woman gave birth alone – an issue raised in today’s ERC. She says it does not fit with expectations of what should happen under level 3.
Speakers:
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield