The South is Covid-19 free.
The final active case of the virus in the Southern DHB area has recovered, the Ministry of Health revealed today at 1pm.
Once the epicentre of the outbreak in New Zealand, the south has had 216 cases, two of whom died.
For much of lockdown the South had the most cases of Covid-19, but it has now been more than a month since a case in Otago or Southland has been reported.
| DHB | Active | Recovered | Deceased | Total | Change in last 24 hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland | 3 | 174 | 177 | 0 | |
| Bay of Plenty | 0 | 47 | 47 | 0 | |
| Canterbury | 3 | 149 | 12 | 164 | 0 |
| Capital and Coast | 0 | 93 | 2 | 95 | 0 |
| Counties Manukau | 3 | 129 | 132 | 0 | |
| Hawke's Bay | 5 | 39 | 44 | 0 | |
| Hutt Valley | 0 | 20 | 20 | 0 | |
| Lakes | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | |
| Mid Central | 0 | 32 | 32 | 0 | |
| Nelson Marlborough | 1 | 48 | 49 | 0 | |
| Northland | 0 | 28 | 28 | 0 | |
| South Canterbury | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 | |
| Southern | 0 | 214 | 2 | 216 | 0 |
| Tairāwhiti | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| Taranaki | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | |
| Waikato | 1 | 186 | 1 | 188 | 0 |
| Wairarapa | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | |
| Waitematā | 14 | 219 | 3 | 236 | 0 |
| West Coast | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Whanganui | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 1452 | 21 | 1503 | 0 |
Nationally there were no new cases today for the fourth day in a row and 97% of people with the virus have recovered.
Only one person is in hospital with Covid-19 in New Zealand.
That meant there were just 30 active cases across New Zealand out of a total of 1503 confirmed and probable cases recorded since the pandemic began.
Ministry of Health director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield at a press conference today said the low numbers were a "really good outcome".
"Even those active cases are ones from some time ago," he said.
"We are increasingly confident that we have successfully broken that chain of transmission here on shore.
"That's . . . as good an outcome as we might have hoped for from the lockdown and Alert Level 4."
