The Ministry of Health is continuing to monitor 11 outstanding results, as investigations into the Day 12 case at the Grand Mercure managed isolation facility in Auckland continues.

'The total number of returnees in this group, who required additional monitoring after leaving the hotel, reduced by one yesterday to 343 because a person has left the country,” says a Ministry of Health spokesperson.

'Health authorities at this person's destination country have been notified.”
Of these 343 returnees, 340 have been contacted.

'Negative tests have been returned for all but 12 people,” says the MOH.

'One of these 12 people has refused a test, with appropriate management and advice being provided by public health staff.

'We are continuing to monitor the 11 outstanding results.”

The MOH is reporting that there are no new Covid-19 cases in the community today, but there are two border-related cases.

The seven day rolling average of new cases detected at the border is four.

The MOH is also reporting that 10 people have no recovered from the virus.

'The total number of active cases is 72 and the total number of confirmed cases is 2141.

'Since January 1, there have been 42 historical cases, out of a total of 329 cases.”

On Tuesday, 6096 tests were processed.

In the last week 35,204 tests have been processed, with a seven-day rolling average up to yesterday of 5029 tests processed.

The total number of tests processed by laboratories to date is 1,896,964, says the MOH.

Up-to-date information on all testing locations nationwide is available on the Healthpoint website: https://www.healthpoint.co.nz/covid-19/.