There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report today (Tuesday June 30).　

This means the number of active cases in New Zealand remains at 22. All active cases have recently returned from overseas and are in quarantine facilities. There have been no cases of community transmission.

One person remains in Auckland City Hospital in a stable condition on a ward.

The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 remains at 1,178, the number the Ministry of Health reports to the World Health Organisation.

Yesterday laboratories completed 1,960 tests, bringing the total number of tests completed to date to 397,470. This includes testing at managed isolation facilities and community-based testing across the country. The seven day rolling daily test average is 6950.

The Ministry said it has been working for the past few months to establish strong supply chain links for both testing and PPE supplies -  globally, supply chains remain under significant stress.

"We are ensuring we have sufficient stocks here in New Zealand to give us a buffer if supply chains are disrupted," director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said.

"Some items of PPE such as gloves are in short supply globally. We are working with infection prevention control specialists to ensure the correct PPE is being used and that where appropriate alternatives exist, these are used.

"At current usage rates of PPE, New Zealand has a minimum of three months stock of all PPE items required to deal with COVID-19. For most items, we have over six months.

"We continue to work to bring in PPE to support New Zealand if there is an increase in infections. In the last two weeks, for example, 63 million items of PPE have landed in New Zealand.”

He said New Zealand is also in a good position with its supplies for testing ‐ current stock across the country is sufficient to enable 253,190 tests.

"We have sufficient supplies of lab consumables and swabs already in the country and more are arriving regularly. We have established strong relationships and processes with our main suppliers for testing supplies that are working well," Ashley said.

The NZ COVID Tracer App has now recorded 585,000 registrations. The number of posters created by businesses is now 75,776 and there have been 1,285,240 poster scans to date

The Ministry continues to encourage people to download and use the app. 

“It continues to provide us with up to date contact information to support our contact tracing efforts in alert level one, which remains key to New Zealand's elimination strategy,” the Ministry said in a statement.

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