There are 35 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today as Cabinet is set to review the alert level settings this afternoon.
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In a statement, the Ministry of Health said all of today’s new cases are in the Auckland region.
Of the new cases, 14 have known links to existing cases (including four household contacts) and 21 remain under investigation, the ministry said.
Earlier today, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revealed the positive case identified in Katikati in Bay of Plenty at the weekend has been retested and the result has come back negative.
Cabinet will decide at 4pm today whether to change alert levels.
Critical decisions for Auckland today include whether schools go back when term 4 starts next week.
Last week the government announced a three-step plan for easing Auckland’s alert level restrictions, before Northland moved to level 3 on Friday. Cabinet is reviewing the alert levels for all regions today.
