Director of Health Ashley Bloomfield giving the latest update on New Zealand's Covid-19 level-4 response announced 9 new cases in New Zealand. This brings NZ's total infected to 1431.
Death in Invercargill last Tuesday has been confirmed as Covid-19 related. Thus bringing NZ's total death to 12.
912 have recovered. 45 from yesterday.
18 in hospital, three in ICU, one each in Middlemore, Dunedin and Northshore, two are in critical condition.
4,136 tests conducted yesterday 83,224 in total.
One hundred and thirty-one health care workers are probable or confirmed cases. Fifty per cent of them were infected in the workplace.