There are now no active cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand, the Ministry of Health reported today (Monday June 8). 

The Ministry has been notified by Auckland Regional Public Health that its remaining case has been symptom free for 48 hours and is regarded as recovered. The person has now been released from isolation.

“This is really good news for the person concerned, and it’s also something the rest of New Zealand can take heart from,” Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said.

“Having no active cases for the first time since February 28 is certainly a significant mark in our journey but as we’ve previously said, ongoing vigilance against COVID-19 will continue to be essential."

It is now 17 days since the last new case was reported in New Zealand.

Our total number of confirmed cases remains at 1,154, the number reported to the World Health Organisation. Our combined total of confirmed and probable cases remains at 1,504.

The number of recovered cases is now 1,482.

There are no additional deaths to report.

Yesterday laboratories completed 800 tests, bringing the total number of tests completed to date to 294,848 - lower testing volumes are regularly observed over weekends.

Ashley said our testing approach will be kept under constant review. 

“New Zealanders can be assured that our capacity remains high and that testing at the border and in our communities will continue to be an essential part of our COVID-19 elimination strategy,” he said.

“We want to encourage and remind everyone that if they have any respiratory symptoms, they should seek advice from Healthline, their GP or after-hours clinic about getting tested. Testing is free.”

The Ministry continues to encourage as many people as possible to download and use the NZ COVID Tracer app to support contact tracing efforts when the country moves to alert level one.

The app has now recorded 522,000 registrations – that’s an increase of 5,000 since this time yesterday.

The number of posters created by businesses is now 37,504. The total number of poster scans to date is 734,415.