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There are 17 new cases of COVID-19 to report today in managed isolation, none in the community.

The first new case arrived on March 22 from the United States. This person tested positive at around day 12 routine testing and is now staying in a quarantine facility in Auckland.

The second new case arrived on March 27 from England via the United Arab Emirates. This person tested positive at around day 9 routine testing, is a close contact of a case and is now staying in a quarantine facility in Auckland.

The third new case arrived on March 27 from Ethiopia via the United Arab Emirates. This person tested positive at around day 8 routine testing, is a close contact of a case and is now staying in a quarantine facility in Auckland.

The fourth new case arrived on March 30 from India via the United Arab Emirates. This person tested positive at around day 5 routine testing, is a close contact of a case and is now staying in a quarantine facility in Auckland.

The fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth new cases arrived on April 2 from India via the United Arab Emirates. They all tested positive at around day 1 routine testing and are now staying in a quarantine facility in Auckland.

The ninth new case arrived on April 2 from the Philippines via Singapore. This person tested positive at around day 1 routine testing and is now staying in a quarantine facility in Auckland.

The tenth new case arrived on April 3 from India via the United Arab Emirates. This person tested positive at around day 1 routine testing as they were symptomatic on arrival and is now staying in a quarantine facility in Auckland.

The eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth new cases arrived on April 3 from India via the United Arab Emirates. They all tested positive at around day 1 routine testing and are now staying in a quarantine facility in Auckland.

The seventeenth new case arrived on April 3 from England via the United Arab Emirates. This person tested positive at around day 1 routine testing and is now staying in a quarantine facility in Auckland.

The total number of active COVID-19 cases is 74. The total confirmed COVID-19 cases are now at 2,168. This is the number that the Ministry of Health reports to the World Health Organisation.

The total number of tests that have been completed to date is 1,917,574.

Within the last three days, 10,568 tests were processed while in the last week 29,151 tests were processed. The seven-day rolling average for tests that have been processed up to yesterday is now at 4,164.

There are now 2,773,714 users registered on the NZ COVID Tracer app.

The app has recorded a total of 240,682,760 poster scans. There have also been 9,011,042 manual diary entries recorded so far.

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