There are two new cases of Covid-19 in managed isolation and quarantine facilities today, and no new cases detected in the community.
The Ministry of Health gave its 1pm update today via press release.
The first case reported today arrived on October 31 from Singapore and tested positive around day 3 of their stay in managed isolation.
The second case was detected in managed isolation in Auckland, after being given permission to join a family member recently arrived from overseas.
The family member has previously been recorded in the positive case totals. Today’s case will be recorded as an import-related case.
Teams are now doing work to ascertain the exact source of the infection of the two workers from the managed isolation facility in Christchurch.
The ministry noted that genome sequencing done on the first worker had shown it was the same strain of Covid-19 as the overseas fishermen staying at the facility.
All staff that worked at the Sudima at Christchurch Airport have now been tested for Covid-19, and all the results have returned negative.
The ministry said an "exit plan" is now being formulated for the fishermen inside the hotel, which will involve a risk assessment for their release, including any testing requirements.
Yesterday , one new imported case was confirmed, as well as a historical case.
Today's figures mean there are now 67 active cases in New Zealand.
The total number of confirmed cases since the pandemic began is now 1617.
Yesterday, 6391 tests for the coronavirus were carried out, bringing the total number of tests completed to date to 1,120,130.
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