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The Ministry of Health will release today’s case numbers. Photo / Supplied
There are four new cases of Covid-19, all in controlled isolation, marking the 15th day without community transmission of the disease.
The Health Ministry says that two cases reported today arrived from South Africa, via Dubai, on September 29. Both are in Sudima in Rotorua but will be transferred to the Auckland quarantine facility.
The other two cases arrived today from Iran, via Dubai, on October 5. They have also been to Rotorua but will now be transferred to quarantine in Auckland.
The latest community cases of the virus in New Zealand were announced to have recovered earlier this week, and the country has enjoyed a significant period with no new community cases being discovered.
But the August Auckland cluster will only be considered officially closed when we have gone through two incubation periods since all community cases completed isolation.
Meanwhile, as of yesterday’s announcement, there were 41 active cases of managed isolation and one person receiving hospital treatment.
There are also now 2,301,800 registered users on NZ COVID Tracer.
The app has logged a total of 87,698,279 poster scans and users have created 3,704,195 manual journal entries.
Yesterday there were two new cases of managed isolation to report, both arrived from India on September 26.
The people had been in controlled isolation and had a positive routine test result around day 12. They have now both been transferred to the Auckland quarantine facility.
Auckland’s abandonment in community cases meant the city was able to return to alert level 1 on Wednesday night, a welcome change after weeks of restrictions.
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The move to level 1 meant that there were no longer restrictions on the size of meetings and that social distancing was no longer required in restaurants and bars.
Masks are not required on public transportation at alert level 1, but people across the country are urged to remain vigilant, washing their hands, staying home if ill, scanning QR codes, and getting tested if they feel a little sick.
