There are no cases of COVID-19 in the community and five in managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) facilities, the Ministry of Health says.
Two of the new cases in MIQ arrived on July 14 from the United Kingdom. One arrived on July 9 from Indonesia via Singapore and another came from Fiji on July 12.
The last case - a mariner unrelated to the Viking Bay and Playa Zahara fishing vessels - arrived on July 15. Their travel history is still being determined.
Six previously reported cases have now recovered, bringing the number of active cases in New Zealand to 48.
There are also four new historical cases - all of whom are also in managed isolation facilities.
A previous case from July 11 has now been reclassified as a historical case.
Since January 1 thie year there have been 98 historical cases, out of a total of 631 cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases detected at the border is five.
The total number of confirmed cases is 2447.
Update on the Viking Bay
Four crew members remain in quarantine onboard the Viking Bay fishing vessel at Queens Wharf in Wellington.
The crew members will continue to be tested during their quarantine.
The remaining 16 crew members remain in quarantine in a Wellington quarantine facility onshore.
The crew member who was transferred to the onshore quarantine facility on Tuesday night after becoming unwell, has now returned a second negative test.
Update on the Playa Zahara
On arrival at Lyttelton Port, 13 of the crew will be moved to a quarantine facility in Christchurch.
Five crew will remain aboard to maintain basic functions of the vessel.
The transport of the 13 crew to the quarantine facility will be done using standard Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) protocols, including the use of appropriate PPE. IPC protocols will also be adhered to for the ship while it is docked at the port.
The timing of the ship's arrival is not being provided at this stage for security reasons.
The most recent crew aboard the Playa Zahara arrived in New Zealand on June 18 and spent two days at a managed isolation facility in Auckland. They provided negative pre-departure tests before arriving in New Zealand and again tested negative before boarding the ship.
The 13 crew who will be moved to the quarantine facility also includes the two crew who returned negative tests.
Whole genome sequencing of the crew aboard the Playa Zahara is underway.
Testing update
The total number of COVID-19 tests processed by laboratories to date is 2,386,215.
On Thursday 6070 tests were processed across New Zealand.
The seven-day rolling average is 6650.
For all testing locations nationwide visit the Healthpoint website.
There were 8403 tests completed in Waikato from June 11 to July 14. This represents around two-thirds of the number of tests done since the cyber attack on May 17. The outstanding test results are expected to be uploaded within the next few weeks.
NZ COVID Tracer
NZ COVID Tracer now has 2,897,951 registered users.
Poster scans have reached 306,340,313 and users have created 11,945,340 manual diary entries.
There have been 692,781 scans in the past 24 hours to midday yesterday.
The Ministry of Health is urging Kiwis to continue using the app regularly.
