LIVE: No new COVID-19 cases

UPDATE 2.43PM: There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand.

One previously reported case has now recovered.

In addition, yesterday's confirmed case in managed isolation has been reclassified to ‘under investigation' as a possible historical case," says Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield.

'We sometimes refer to cases as being under investigation when we are waiting on repeat PCR and or serology results. If they are reclassified as historical, we will also be determining whether they may have already been counted overseas.

'Our approach is that these cases stay under investigation until we can confirm their status,”

The total number of active cases in New Zealand remains at 69.

The total number of confirmed cases is 1947.

The total number of tests processed by laboratories to date is 1,535,292.

The seven-day rolling average up to yesterday is 6,483 tests processed.

On Sunday our laboratories processed 3017 tests.

Community testing in Auckland

It's Auckland Anniversary day today and four regional community testing centres remain open in Northcote, Balmoral, Henderson and Otara.

'I note the demand for testing has settled but local health authorities are continuing to monitor the situation and ready to deploy pop-up testing centres quickly if needed,” says Bloomfield.

Further information on community testing station hours is available on the Auckland Regional Public Health Service website.

Update on border-related cases

All test results of close contacts of the border-related cases are negative.

Of the 349 people who departed the managed isolation facility at the Pullman Hotel between 9 January and 24 January, 340 have returned negative test results, and we are waiting for the results of five people.

In addition, the remaining four people (to make up to the 349 number) include the two previously reported confirmed border-related cases and two children who are exempt from testing.

"The total number of 349 is down from the 353 we reported last week.

"That's because we've identified a small number of people who fell outside the requirements for needing a test.

"Two people went overseas and have been referred to their country's health authority and a further two left the facility before the source case arrived."

NZ COVID Tracer

NZ COVID Tracer now has 2,543,662 registered users.

Poster scans have reached 166,893,699. Almost 601,000 poster scans have been recorded since midday yesterday.

Users have created 6,859,615 manual diary entries.

UPDATE 1.14PM: There are no new cases of COVID-19 being reported in either managed isolation or the community today.

Minister for COVID-19 Response Chris Hipkins and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield are providing the latest update on the COVID situation in New Zealand.

All former guests at the Pullman Hotel who have been contacted have tested negative, Hipkins says.

The last five guests to be contacted who were at the Pullman Hotel at the same time as the three community cases will be tested today.

In total, 349 people who stayed at the Pullman between 9 and 24 of January - the same time as the three other cases.

Of these 340 tests have been negative, four are awaiting test results and the other five are being tested today.

Bloomfield says it is very pleasing to report no new cases today.

He says there are currently 69 active cases, all of those are in a quarantine facility.

One case has been reclassified as being under investigation and one previous case has now recovered.

Bloomfield says the total number of COVID cases in NZ to date is now 1947.

EARLIER:

The Minister for COVID-19 Response Chris Hipkins and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield will provide an update on COVID-19 at 1pm.

On Sunday, there was one new case of COVID-19 in managed isolation in New Zealand.

There were no new cases in the community.

The new case arrived in NZ on January 26 from the United Kingdom via Qatar and tested positive at Day 3. They are in managed isolation in Auckland.

One previously reported case has now recovered.

The total number of active cases in New Zealand remains at 71. The total number of confirmed NZ cases is 1948.

The total number of tests processed by laboratories to date is 1,532,275.

The seven-day rolling average up to yesterday is 6434 tests processed.

On Saturday NZ laboratories processed 5666 tests.

The laboratories have processed more than 45,000 (45,040) tests this week, in the seven days up to and including Saturday.

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