He said despite all of this, he is encouraging staff not to become complacent.
"At work, at home and in our community, we are all responsible for taking the necessary precautions to reduce the spread of Covid-19, influenza and RSV."
Bramley said aged residential care facilities in Canterbury have been hard hit by staff absence.
"Last week a call went out to try and find people prepared to take some shifts over the Easter weekend. Health care assistants and registered nurses were needed, and I'm thrilled that we got a fantastic response from people offering to work."
Registered and enrolled nurses, as well as health care assistants, were placed into 155
shifts between Friday and Sunday across Canterbury and the West Coast.
Hospital visitor restrictions were also relaxed as of Tuesday.
"A hospital stay can be stressful and a bit lonely and that's compounded when friends and whānau are unable to visit."
Some highlights of the revised visitor policy include:
• One adult visitor may be accompanied by one child over the age of 12 per patient in the hospital at any given time
• Women in labour and in the birthing suite can have two support people, and women on the maternity ward are allowed one support person for the duration of their stay at Christchurch Women's Hospital.
• Parents/caregivers are able to be with their child in hospital (except Children's Haematology and Oncology Day patients where only one parent or caregiver is
permitted at a time).
Face masks remain a requirement across all CDHB campuses and facilities.
