WELLINGTON, May 8 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand recorded three new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, said the Ministry of Health in a statement.
According to the ministry, the three new cases of COVID-19 were recent returnees in managed isolation facilities, while there was no new case of COVID-19 in the wider New Zealand community.
In addition, three historical cases of COVID-19 were reported in managed isolation.
The seven-day rolling average of new cases of COVID-19 detected at the New Zealand border was three, said the ministry.
The total number of active cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand stands at 25, and the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country reached 2,284.
The total number of tests processed by New Zealand laboratories to date has reached 2,051,603.
Quarantine Free Travel from New South Wales, Australia to New Zealand was paused from Thursday night as a precautionary measure as investigations continue as a response to two positive cases of COVID-19 in the community in Sydney, Australia.
Trans-Tasman quarantine-free travel bubble between New Zealand and Australia was launched from April 19. Enditem
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