12 Oct 2020

Covid-19 update: No new cases reported in New Zealand today

2:04 pm on 12 October 2020

There are no new cases of Covid-19 in the country today, the Ministry of Health has announced in a statement.

A laboratory staff wearing Personal Protective Equipments (PPE) places a hand on samples collected for Covid-19 coronavirus testing.

Testing figures exceeded the one million mark at the weekend. (file pic) Photo: AFP

The ministry did not hold a media briefing today.

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The total number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 remains at 1515, while the number of active cases remains at 45 - all imported.

There are no active community cases of Covid-19.

One new case of Covid-19 was reported in managed isolation yesterday. The new case was a girl who was a close contact of two earlier confirmed cases.

The number of coronavirus tests, having already passed the million mark yesterday, stood at 1,002,790. Yesterday Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said reaching the million mark was significant and testing would continue to be a cornerstone of the country's collective response to Covid-19.

  • If you have symptoms of the coronavirus, call the NZ Covid-19 Healthline on 0800 358 5453 (+64 9 358 5453 for international SIMs) or call your GP - don't show up at a medical centre

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