There have been three new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in New Zealand today, with no further deaths.
Director of Public Health Dr. Caroline McElnay said one of the new cases was linked to overseas travel, one to a known case and one was under investigation.
Radio New Zealand reports there are six people in the hospital, and none are in intensive care.
McElnay says they have 1252 cases that are reported as having recovered from Covid-19, which is an increase of 11 from yesterday, and so 85 percent of all our confirmed and probable cases are considered to be recovered.
She said there are now a total of 1132 confirmed cases and 347 probable cases.
There are still 16 significant clusters, but Dr McElnay said one cluster has not seen new cases in 28 days and will be closed.
She says they expect to close another cluster tomorrow and we have another further six clusters where the last case was reported between 14 and 28 days ago, so they expect to be able to close those off in the next few days.
She said of the three staff members that have tested positive for Covid-19 at Waitakere Hospital, one was included in today's cases, one from yesterday and one over the weekend.
Dr. McElnay said the source of staff contracting the coronavirus was still under investigation, but full PPE was provided and worn by staff at all times in the area where the St Margaret's Hospital and Rest Home patients were being cared for.
Today is the 13th day in a row that the increase in Covid-19 cases had been in single digits.
The death toll stands at 19.
[Source: Radio NZ]
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