There are 20 new coronavirus cases in New Zealand as PM Jacinda Ardern reveals all Government ministers and public sector chief executives will take a 20 per cent pay cut.
The number of Covid-19 cases in the Bay of Plenty District Health Board area rose by three today - but in the Lakes, it dropped by one.
As of 9am today there were 44 confirmed and probable cases in the Bay of Plenty - up from 41 - the Ministry of Health said.
Toi Te Ora confirmed there were now 43 cases in the Western Bay of Plenty and one in the Eastern Bay. Of those, 28 people had recovered.
The Bay of Plenty DHB covers Tauranga and Whakatāne.
There were no new cases in either DHBs on Tuesday but, today, Lakes DHB cases dropped from 16 to 15, according to the Ministry of Health, meaning at least one "probable case" was later found to be negative.
Toi Te Ora confirmed there were now 10 cases in Rotorua, down from 11 and five in Taupō.
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Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield, said today's 20 new Covid-19 cases nationwide were made up of six confirmed cases and 14 probable cases.
Today's new cases bring the total number of cases in New Zealand to 1386 - 728 of whom have now recovered.
While Bloomfield said there were no further deaths confirmed, he was waiting for more information on a man who died in Invercargill last night. The Herald understands the man is believed to have died of Covid-19 but Bloomfield said the cause of death had not been confirmed.
The official death toll from Covid-19 remains at nine. Thirteen people are in hospital and three are in ICU.
Sixty-two people from the Pacific community have had Covid-19 and a "good number" of those had come from the Marist College cluster, Bloomfield said.
There is a new significant cluster which is also centred at an aged care facility in Auckland. There are now 16 clusters of more than 10 people.
