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There are two new cases of coronavirus, one confirmed and the other probable.
Both are linked to St Margaret’s Hospital and Rest Home in Auckland.
A probable case is a nurse. The confirmed case is a family contact.
The nurse cared for the patients in the nursing home at Waitakere Hospital.
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Saturday’s cases bring the combined total of confirmed and probable New Zealand Covid-19 cases to 1,492.
It is made up of 1,142 confirmed cases, which is the number reported to the World Health Organization, and 350 probable cases.
New Zealand now has 1,368 people reported recovered from COVID-19, which is 92 percent of all confirmed and probable cases, an increase of 21 from yesterday.
There are two people in the hospital with Covid-19, one at Middlemore and North Shore Hospitals. Neither of them is in the ICU.
There are still 16 significant groups, four of which are now closed.
There were no additional deaths to report, leaving the total at 21.
There have been 7204 tests, bringing the total number of tests completed to 183,039.
That’s 3.5 percent of the population, and it places New Zealand in the top 20 countries per capita for testing.
Instead of giving a press conference, on Saturday the ministry will send the updated numbers through a press release and update its website.
The cabinet must decide on Monday whether the country can descend to level 2. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has indicated that there will be a 48-hour period to reach level 2 if New Zealand decides to move to level Monday, which means that the first The time New Zealand could see level 2 it would be midnight on Wednesday.
A continuation of last week’s trend, with few or no new daily cases, and all from known groups, is important in giving the government some confidence in easing the restrictions.
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The cabinet must decide on Monday whether the country can fall to alert level 2.
On Friday it was revealed that a nurse who was caring for patients linked to St Margaret’s nursing home group is now in the hospital with Covid-19.
The Health Ministry reported two new confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Friday, but one was a probable case already known to officials, reducing the total number of probable cases by 1.
That brought the combined total of New Zealand confirmed and probable Covid-19 cases to 1,490.
At the same time, 1,347 people were reported to have recovered, 90 percent of all confirmed and probable cases, up from 15 on Thursday.
On Friday, three people were in the hospital with Covid-19; none are in the ICU.
There were no more deaths to report, leaving the total at 21.
On Thursday, the labs completed a record 7,812 tests, bringing the total number of tests completed to 175,835.
That equals 3.5 percent of the population and places New Zealand in the top 20 countries per capita for testing, the health ministry said.
