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There have been a total of 17 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours - eight confirmed and nine probable.
Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said this afternoon the total number of cases is now 1366. There are 15 people in hospital, with three in ICU, and one is in a critical condition.
Dr Bloomfield said 1572 tests were processed yesterday. About 64,400 tests have been taken in total.
The total number of people who have recovered from the coronavirus is 628, an increase of 82 since yesterday.
He said it was clear that New Zealand was past the peak under this alert level.
"We will be more confident once we know more about each of those new cases that has been occurring in the past week."
Further testing would provide even more confidence, Dr Bloomfield said.
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