Our total number of shown is now 1,587.
And 3335 tests processed yesterday, bringing the total number of tests performed to date to 1075827
The Ministry of Health has reminded Aucklanders that there are still seven network testing sites in the region, but today is the last day northcare’s medical and accident site will function as installed in reaction to the recent outbreak.
Yesterday there was a new Covid-19 network case in controlled isolation: a traveler from Great Britain.
New Zealand also reached the hundred million QR scans that the Covid Tracer app marks after a crusade to inspire kiwis to continue recording their movements.
The Ministry of Health is also awaiting the effects of immediate control of a child in Japan that tested positive for their arrival after negative control in New Zealand.
Health Executive Director Ashley Bloomfield said the result may have been a false positive and that the case is “very low risk” for New Zealand.
Before the boy and his circle of relatives left New Zealand, they flew from Napier to Auckland on Air New Zealand flight NZ5018 on Thursday, October 22.
Anyone else on this flight will be aware of the symptoms.