There is one new case of Covid-19 in managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) facilities reported today.
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In a statement, the Ministry of Health said there were no community cases.
The new case arrived on 2 June from the Philippines via Singapore and is now in a managed isolation facility in Christchurch.
The seven-day rolling average of new cases detected at the border is two.
One previously reported case has now recovered.
The ministry said since 1 January 2021, there had been 67 historical cases, out of a total of 510 cases.
The total number of active cases in New Zealand today is 17 and the total number of confirmed cases is 2326.
Yesterday, the government decided to extend the quarantine-free travel suspension. However, there will also be special arrangements to get stranded people home on quarantine-free "green flights" from 9 June.
Victoria has recorded four new Covid-19 community cases, taking the state's outbreak to 65.
In today's statement, the ministry said all 177 passengers from the two additional flights they released information about yesterday had either returned to Australia or been contacted, or advised to get a test and isolate.
"These additional 177 people were identified after a detailed look back to confirm all quarantine-free travel flights that had arrived during the period 20-25 May had been included in the testing and isolation requirements.
"The original cohort of travellers from Melbourne now sits at 4767. It has changed since yesterday and may continue to fluctuate as we continue to receive additional information."
The ministry said of those 4767 travellers, 93 percent of travellers had either already been tested or were exempt from testing:
- 2876 have returned a negative test result
- 205 are exempt from testing because they are under the age of 12 (eight children have been tested since yesterday)
- 1286 require no further action as they have returned to Australia (this is lower than yesterday, as six people have since returned a negative test)
- 400 have no test result as yet
The ministry said it was continuing to follow up with the 400 people who still required tests, noting their 14-day period would lapse in the coming days.
On the 370 crew members, the ministry said 237 of them returned a negative test result and 133 crew members had no result as yet.
"Regular data reconciliation has identified 40 people who were not reported as being in the original cohort but are now included. These 40 people had already returned to Australia and their status in the original cohort was closed, and therefore not reported. As part of our regular reconciliation and tracking of cohort numbers the status of the 40 people is now reopened and is now being reported in our figures."
Air New Zealand contacts of positive case
The ministry said that yesterday it reported that the two Air New Zealand staff who are casual contacts of a positive case, were in full PPE, and no further action was required.
But today, it has been revealed that the two staff were not wearing full PPE.
"We have subsequently been advised that the two staff were not wearing full PPE. We have also been informed that they are both fully vaccinated, and both have returned a negative test result. As an additional precaution the two staff will be remaining in isolation until they return a further negative test result at day five."
Yesterday 4771 Covid-19 tests were processed by laboratories. The seven-day rolling average is 4699.
The total number of tests processed by laboratories to date is 2,159,702.
The testing data does not include the number of tests processed by Waikato DHB, as systems remain down as a result of the cyber attack. The Waikato data continues to be recorded manually and monitored, the ministry said.
The ministry reminded people to scan where they go over the long weekend.
