New Zealand will remain at alert level 1 after the source of the latest community Covid-19 case was found. The case - an AUT student aged in her 20s - has been genomically linked to the Defence worker who was infected at a quarantine hotel.
The neighbour of the AUT student has been confirmed as a case of Covid-19 after an investigation.
There are also two new cases; both are returnees in managed isolation.
The new case connected to the Defence Force cluster was confirmed as a case today after yesterday returning a "weak positive"result.
The person's initial test was negative but a further test picked up the weak positive result which officials investigated further.
The Ministry of Health said the test results indicated a "very recent infection".
The neighbour was classed as a close contact of the AUT student - also known as Case D - and has been in the Auckland quarantine facility since November 12.
The Auckland Regional Public Health Unit has also identified seven close contacts and three casual contacts. All have been contacted and testing arranged.
Testing for all 10 contacts is expected to be completed by the end of the day.
Yesterday, the highest number of poster scans was recorded since September 26; there were more than 1.1 million scans and more than 500,000 people using the app.
