Six new cases of Covid in managed isolation

All of the new cases have been identified since yesterday. File photo.

Six new cases of Covid are being reported in managed isolation today,

The Ministry of Health says all of the cases are recent returnees and have been identified since yesterday.

"There are no new cases of Covid to report in the community," says a spokesperson for the MOH.

"The seven-day rolling average of new cases detected at the border is two.

"The case reported in a recent returnee in managed isolation yesterday as historical has been reclassified as not a case."

The total number of active cases in New Zealand today is 25.

The total number of confirmed cases is 2,302.

Since January 1, there have been 60 historical cases, out of a total of 486 cases.

New border cases

Arrival date  

From  

Via  

Positive test day/reason  

Managed isolation/
quarantine location  

14 May

India

Qatar

Day 3 / Contact of a case

Auckland

14 May

Qatar

Day 3 / Routine

Auckland

15 May

Qatar

Day 2 / Routine

Auckland

17 May

Bahrain

UAE

Day 0 / Routine

Auckland

17 May

Turkey

UAE

Day 0 / Routine

Auckland

17 May

Maldives

UAE

Day 0 / Routine

Auckland

Wellington wastewater

An update on the results from wastewater samples from the Wellington region tested for COVID-19 will be issued this afternoon, says the MOH.

Testing information

The total number of tests processed by laboratories to date is 2,090,622.

Laboratories processed 5,324 tests yesterday. The seven-day rolling average is 3,673.

For all testing locations nationwide visit the Healthpoint website.

NZ Colvid Tracer

NZ Covid Tracer now has 2,825,912 registered users.

Poster scans have reached 270,727,399 and users have created 10,152,608 manual diary entries.

There have been 549,347 scans in the last 24 hours to midday yesterday.

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