Covid 19 coronavirus: no new cases in the community, one in managed isolation

There are no new cases of Covid-19 in the community today, but there is one in managed isolation.

That person flew to New Zealand from the United Arab Emirates and was detained in a test on Day 3.

That means the total number of active Covid-19 cases in New Zealand is 87. There are no active cases in the community.

Meanwhile, officials have revealed that 4,500 Covid-19 tests were processed yesterday. The total number of tests processed by the laboratories to date is 1,818,986.

And there are more than 1.3 million scans logged through the COVID Tracer app in the last 24 hours.

“It is great to see continued good use of the NZ COVID Tracer app and it is vitally important that Kiwis continue to do so,” a health official said in a statement.

“Scan QR codes wherever you go and turn on Bluetooth tracking in the app panel if you haven’t already.”

Since January 1, there have been 39 historical cases, out of a total of 256 cases.

It has been a month since the Valentine’s Day group was discovered.

Fifteen people in this group contracted Covid-19 and Auckland was forced to shut down twice as a result of the spread of community cases.

All those 15 people have now recovered.

On Friday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern removed Auckland from Alert Level 2, placing the city at Level 1 with the rest of the country.

This was welcome news, but not surprising, for the locals of Auckland.

Although the city was closed for seven days, then level 2 for another seven days, not a single community case was discovered.

This is despite a bombardment of tests in Auckland, where tens of thousands of people were tested for the virus.

Ardern and Auckland Mayor Phil Goff thanked the locals for their sacrifices over the two week period.

They also called on all of New Zealand to remain vigilant to ensure that the virus does not re-enter the community.

How Covid-19 got to the community in the first place remains a mystery.

Officials have various theories, but have not been able to pin down exactly how the first case was contracted on February 14.

However, this is not unusual.

The origin of the August cluster last year was never found, and Health Director General Ashley Bloomfield recently said it was “absolutely” possible that the origin of the Valentine’s Day cluster remained a mystery forever.

Now, the government’s focus is on the Covid-19 vaccine.

The vast majority of New Zealand’s frontline health and border workers have already been vaccinated. His close contacts are now taking the hit.

The most extensive vaccination campaign for New Zealand will begin in the middle of the year.

Meanwhile, New Zealanders from abroad continue to return to the country.

Those with Covid-19 are usually detected early on, as a result of the 0/1 day testing rules.

Yesterday three new cases were detected in the MIQ: one person from Brazil and two from India.

The total number of active Covid-19 cases in New Zealand, all in managed isolation, is 88.

Since the start of the pandemic a year ago, New Zealand has had 2,066 cases of Covid-19.

As a per capita measure, New Zealand has one of the lowest Covid-19 levels in the world.

Despite this, officials continue to ask people to follow health advice, even during level 1.

“Stay home yeah [you’re] discomfort and advice on getting tested, washing hands, coughing and sneezing into the elbow, and wearing face masks or covers on all public transportation.

“Keep track of where you’ve been – scan QR codes wherever you go and turn on Bluetooth tracking in the app panel.”