Cabinet will today decide whether to lift Auckland out of the level 3 lockdown and the rest of the country out of level 2 after a second straight day of no new Covid cases in the community.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is expected to make the announcement at 4.30pm.
The lockdown has seen businesses unable to operate and most school children stuck at home.
Authorities are yet to discover how the family of three became infected with the virus, and until that's been established there remains a possibility that there are undetected cases of Covid-19 circulating in the community.
Meanwhile, organisers are collectively crossing their fingers and toes their events over the next few weeks can go ahead.
What you need to know:
- Cabinet meets this afternoon to decide whether to extend Auckland's level 3 lockdown.
- Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is scheduled to announce the decision at 4.30pm.
- Auckland moved to alert level 3 at 11.59pm on Sunday night and rest of New Zealand went to level 2.
- No new community cases were reported in New Zealand on Tuesday outside the three reported on Sunday. There were also no new cases in MIQs.
- On Monday, 5818 tests were processed.
- Locations of interest in Auckland and Taranaki are being updated on the Ministry of Health website as information becomes available.
- Auckland testing site locations and hours are available on the Auckland Regional Public Health Service website.
- The first batch of the Pfizer vaccine - 60,000 doses - arrived in New Zealand on Monday morning. It is expected border workers will begin to be vaccinated from Saturday.
- Genomic sequencing has revealed the Auckland community cases are the UK variant with no clear link to MIQ
- The mother works at LSG Skychefs, the daughter is a student at Papatoetoe High School and the father is a self-employed tradesman.