There are no new cases of coronavirus in New Zealand today. It is the first time in almost six weeks that testing has not uncovered a single case across a 24 hour period.
New Zealand has had its first day of no new positive Covid-19 cases since mid March.
Announced by director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield at Parliament today, the country's combined total of confirmed and probable cases was the same as yesterday (1487) - a first in almost 50 days.
OfNorthland's 28 cases, four were still active and recovering in the community. Nationally, there were no additional deaths and 86 per cent of cases (1276) had recovered.
Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield. Photo / File
With reports of 685 parties being held over the weekend nationally, Bloomfield hoped this behaviour would not jeopardise New Zealand's move from alert level 3 to level 2 - set to be addressed next Monday.
"It remains very important for us to maintain discipline around this and be vigilant," he said.
Bloomfield said the key indicators for a move to level two would be low case numbers and knowing where cases originated.
