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There are five new cases of Covid-19 in managed isolation today and none in the community.
Three of the new cases are isolated international arrivals at the Sudima Airport Hotel in Christchurch, part of a group of fishermen who were brought in from Russia and Ukraine.
In total, 32 people from that group have tested positive.
The last cases were tested on day nine of his stay. The group has also been tested on days three and six.
Of the other two cases, one is a newcomer from Ethiopia via Dubai and the other is a relative of a positive case who had returned from abroad.
Both are in the Auckland quarantine facility.
3038 tests were carried out yesterday, bringing the total number of Covid-19 tests completed to 1.07 million.
One case has recovered and 74 cases are still active in New Zealand, all in controlled isolation or quarantine.
The total number of confirmed cases in New Zealand is now 1,584 since the outbreak started this year.
Today’s cases come after there were no new community cases yesterday and a case of managed isolation, which had been under investigation since the day before and was only officially classified as confirmed yesterday.
Today’s update was issued in a written statement in lieu of a press conference by the Health Ministry.
Four days have passed since the last community case, after three cases linked to a marine engineer on the ship Sofrana Surville.
Genomic sequencing confirms that all three had an identical form of the virus, showing a common source, the Health Ministry said today.
In Australia, genome sequencing is also underway after three other members of the Sofrana Surville crew tested positive upon arrival in Brisbane.
The Ministry of Health encourages people to keep scanning QR codes wherever they go.
Around 2,327,600 users are already registered in the application, with a total of 99,460,306 poster scans performed.
Just under 4.2 million manual journal entries have also been created, says the Health Ministry.
“The more we scan, the more secure we will be. More scans facilitate a faster response. The faster we respond, the faster we stop Covid-19.”
