There are six new Covid-19 cases in managed isolation. There are no new community cases today.

Of the six new cases:

• One person arrived on 3 December from the United Arab Emirates via Australia. They tested positive at routine testing around day 3. They have been transferred to the Auckland quarantine facility.
• One person arrived on 3 December from Hungary via Germany and Qatar. They tested positive at routine day 3 testing and have been transferred to the Auckland quarantine facility.
• One person arrived on 1 December from the United Kingdom via Qatar and Australia. This person was retested following an inconclusive result from the routine testing at around day three. They tested positive on day 5. They are in the Auckland quarantine facility.
• One person arrived on 1 December from Sweden via Qatar and Australia. They tested positive at routine testing around day 3 and are in the Auckland quarantine facility.
• One person arrived on 3 December from the United Kingdom via Singapore. They tested positive at routine testing around day 3 and have been transferred to the Auckland quarantine facility.
• One person arrived on 5 December from Turkey via Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. They were transferred to the Auckland quarantine facility on arrival and had a positive test on day 2.

Eight previously reported cases have now recovered, so New Zealand's total number of active cases is 54.

The total number of confirmed cases, as of yesterday, stood at 1729.

The figures also showed that laboratories had processed just over 2300 tests for Covid-19 yesterday - bringing the total number of tests carried out, as of yesterday, just over 1.3 million.

Kiwis have also been told that the daily Covid-19 updates, usually released by the Ministry of Health or given via a live media conference, will now be reduced.

They will only be released four days a week, instead of daily.