There were 20 new community cases of Covid-19 reported today, according to the Ministry of Health.
Speaking at today's government briefing, Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said 79 people had now and the total number of active cases had dropped to 722.
Total case count since this current outbreal is 801 out of which 71 have fully recovered and thus 722 cases are active.
Dr Bloomfield said the fall in numbers showed the lockdown was slowing the spread of the virus
All of the new cases reported today are in Auckland.
38 Cases are in Hospital with 6 in ICU and 4 requiring a Ventilator