There are no new community cases of Covid-19 linked to the Auckland cluster today, Chris Hipkins has confirmed.
The Covid-19 Response Minister made the announcement in a press conference this afternoon. It means there are no new community cases of the virus anywhere in the country today.
It comes after two new cases at the weekend, including a 21-year-old South Auckland man - referred to as Case M - who went to a gym session, polytech and food outlets while infectious.
Following the new case, Auckland went into Alert Level 3 on Sunday morning, with the rest of the country moving back up to Level 2.
The current restrictions are for seven days.
There were also no new cases of the virus in the community yesterday or Monday.
Health officials also announced today who will receive the third shipment of vaccines.
However, Hipkins said it was still too early to make assumptions on alert level changes.
"I think we're still in the critical period where we're wanting to see all of the test results of all of the relevant close and casual contacts, so that work is still under way, there's still some test results still to come through for some people who we really want to see the test results for before we can breathe any sigh of relief," he said.
Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said no new cases in the community was "good news".
However, he also announced two new cases of the virus in Auckland's managed isolation and quarantine facilities, including one which is a historical case and no longer infectious.
There were 16,000 tests for Covid-19 processed yesterday.
As well, yesterday Healthline received 3761 calls and had extra staff in to help with demand. Peak calling time was between 7am and 9am.
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