There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in the community in New Zealand today.

There are four new cases to report in recent returnees in managed isolation facilities since the Ministry’s last update yesterday.

The seven-day rolling average of new cases detected at the border is two.

Two previously reported cases have now recovered.

Seven previously reported cases have been reclassified as historical. All seven have been removed from our active cases list and five will not be recorded in our country tally of COVID-19 cases as these have been reported in the respective country overseas.

Since 1 January 2021, there have been 64 historical cases, out of a total of 495 cases.

The total number of active cases in New Zealand today is 24.

Our total number of confirmed cases is 2,311. 

Melbourne
The Ministry is aware of reports of two likely positive cases in Melbourne and will be working with our counterparts in Australia. We expect to be able to provide a further update later today.

Testing information
The total number of tests processed by laboratories to date is 2,108,952

Yesterday 1,976 tests were processed. The seven-day rolling average is 3,769.

For all testing locations nationwide visit the Healthpoint website.

NZ COVID Tracer
NZ COVID Tracer now has 2,830,907 registered users.

Poster scans have reached 273,499,938 and users have created 10,259,504 manual diary entries.

There have been 486,606 scans in the last 24 hours to midday yesterday. 

23 May: No new community cases; 6 new cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation in two days 

There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in the community in New Zealand 23 May.

There are six new cases to report in recent returnees in managed isolation facilities since the Ministry’s last update on Friday.

The seven-day rolling average of new cases detected at the border is three.

Two previously reported cases have now recovered. The total number of active cases in New Zealand today is 27.

Our total number of confirmed cases is 2,312.

Since 1 January 2021, there have been 62 historical cases, out of a total of 496 cases.
 
A historical case has been identified following a mariner returning a weak positive test result before transferring to their vessel. The mariner confirmed they had a positive test result overseas earlier in the year and follow up serology testing has confirmed this. If this has not been reported overseas, it will appear in our figures as a historical case. 

Wastewater test results update
Wastewater testing continues to be a part of New Zealand’s testing and surveillance strategy in the fight against COVID-19. Recently, weak positive results were detected in Wellington, Christchurch, Rotorua and Queenstown. Results from further testing in Christchurch, which were outstanding, have now also returned negative.
 
The Ministry’s assessment is that these weak positive results were likely from recent positive cases in managed isolation or due to recently recovered cases who are not infectious but continue to shed the virus after returning home or while travelling. There is no risk of infection from COVID-19 in wastewater. 

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