There have been no new cases of COVID-19 reported in New Zealand today.

The total number of cases remains at 1503 – 1153 of those confirmed.

Another five people with the virus have now been reported as recovered, bringing the total number recovered to 1447, or 96% of all confirmed and probable cases.

One COVID-19 patient is in Middlemore Hospital, not in intensive care.

There is still just one active case remaining in the Southern District Health Board area. The most recent case in the Southern district was reported on April 18. Since then there have been no new cases in the district.

The World Health Organisation’s latest situation report shows a total of 4,731,458 confirmed cases (112,637 in the previous 24 hours) and 316,169 deaths (4322 in the previous 24 hours).