No further cases of Covid-19 in Hawke's Bay on Friday, with the total remaining at 42. Photo / File
No new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Hawke's Bay on Friday.
The region's total remains at 42, made up of 16 active cases, while 26 have fully recovered.
Medical Officer of Health Nick Jones said rural testing is set to ramp up in places like Central Hawke's Bay and Wairoa.
"These areas have had lower testing rates and it was important to ensure there were no cases of Covid-19 that have gone undetected," he said.
"Part of the plan is likely to include mobile testing in these areas and setting up satellite testing hubs. The aim of any testing will be to test people with symptoms rather than random testing of well people."
Jones also said the DHB were proactively testing all contacts of confirmed Covid-19 cases notified in the past week, meaning they could be "confident they had detected all the cases of Covid-19 in Hawke's Bay."
• Covid19.govt.nz: The Government's official Covid-19 advisory website
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