WITH the country itching to move into alert level one next week, health officials say there are no new cases of Covid-19.
This is the 13th consecutive day of no new cases and leaves the total number of confirmed cases at 1154, with probable cases remaining at 1504.
The number of recovered cases is unchanged at 1481. Only one case remains active.
The NZ Covid Tracer app has recorded 495,000 registrations – an increase of 8000 since Wednesday.
Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said the situation with Covid-19 internationally was important to New Zealand.
The highest number of cases reported to the WHO in any one day was just three days ago, with 124,139 cases of Covid-19 reported globally on June 1.
In total, countries have reported nearly 6.3 million confirmed cases of Covid-19.
Internationally there have been around 380,000 Covid-19 deaths reported to the WHO.
“The point here is that we are still very early in the evolution of this pandemic,” Dr Bloomfield said.
“There are still big gaps in our knowledge about Covid-19.
“New Zealand is in a position that is the envy of many countries internationally – and that is because of the hard work and sacrifices of so many Kiwis.
“Because of this, we have been able to ease restrictions and open up our domestic economy.
“If we want to stay in the good position we are in now, we can’t afford to act as if it is all over – globally, it has only just started.”
Internationally it is estimated 6.1 percent of Covid-19 cases are reported to have died as a result of their infection. New Zealand’s death rate of 1.9 percent is similar to that of New South Wales’ at 1.6 percent.
“In New Zealand, we need to remain vigilant to the threat the virus poses – and remember that life is not going to be the same as it was before,” Dr Bloomfield said.