As it happened: Ministry of Health, Civil Defence reveal new COVID-19 cases, lockdown update

  • 03/04/2020

The Ministry of Health and Civil Defence provided the latest update on New Zealand's COVID-19 outbreak and response.

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Sarah Stuart-Black, the Director of Civil Defence Emergency Management, will revealed the new number of cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand.

There has been one virus-related death in New Zealand. Anne Guenole, a Greymouth woman in her 70s, died on Sunday morning after testing positive for COVID-19. She had an underlying health condition and was initially diagnosed with influenza after being admitted to Grey Base Hospital last Wednesday. 

Watch the press conference above.