Yesterday for the 5th consecutive day there were no new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand. Our total number of confirmed cases remains the same at 1154 and the total number of confirmed and probable cases is 1504. The total of recovered cases is now 1462 and there are just 21 remaining active cases of COVID-19. There is nobody in hospital with COVID-19, following the discharge of a person from Middlemore hospital. The total number of tests completed is now 267,435. The NZ COVID Tracer app has now recorded 422,000 registrations, an increase of 17,000 since yesterday.

On Friday at midday, the limit of people who can gather together will increase to 100. The new limit applies to gatherings at your home, like family reunions, and events outside of home and public venues – including church services, weddings, funerals and tangihanga.
From Friday, people of faith will be able to gather in their places of worship, cultural communities can join together, and couples can continue planning their special day.
When holding a gathering, play it safe — maintain hygiene standards and keep good contact tracing records.
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There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report yesterday. Combined total of confirmed and probable cases remains at 1,504. ⁣ There is no change to the number of recovered cases which remain at 1,456. This represents 97% of all confirmed and probable cases.⁣ There remains one person receiving hospital-level care for COVID-19; they are in Middlemore and are not in ICU. ⁣Yesterday, laboratories completed 2,163 tests, bringing the total number of tests completed to date to 261,315. We remain at Level 2, however no later than 22 June 2020 the country will move down to Alert Level 1. 

The Government has announced an increase to the number of people who can gather together at Alert Level 2. From 12 noon Friday 29 May, gatherings can be held with up to 100 people. The new limit applies to gatherings at your home, events outside of home and public venues – including church services, weddings and funerals and tangihanga.

When holding a gathering, play it safe – maintain hygiene standards and meet existing record-keeping requirements for contact tracing.

Community sports will also be able to operate easier, and sporting codes will be working on further guidance with Sport NZ.

There are no confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases today and therefore the total number of cases for Northland remains at 28. This brings the total number of cases 1,503 of which 1,447 have recovered, which equates to 96%. The total number of tests completed to date is 238,725. Gatherings are still limited to 10 people with tangihanga restricted to 50. The government will continue to review these restrictions every two weeks and lift them if it is safe to do so. The next review is on Monday, 25 May 2020. 
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There were no confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases yesterday and therefore the total number of cases for Northland remains at 28. This brings the total number of cases 1,499 of which 1,149 have recovered, which equates to 96%. The total number of tests completed to date is 230,718 with 2,570 lab tests yesterday. There were 350 level 2 reported breaches per day reported to Police, with 700 related to businesses and 250 to mass gatherings. 

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