Photo / Dom Thomas RNZThere are five new coronavirus cases in managed isolation and none in the community today. Further wastewater samples have also been collected from the Wellington region after two samples earlier returned a weak positive Covid result, the Ministry of Health said today. All the returnees tested positive on day one routine testing, while two cases tested positive on their day zero routine tests. Yesterday, health authorities reported that two Wellington wastewater samples from the Moa Point treatment plant had tested weak positive for Covid. The country's total number of confirmed cases Covid cases is 2295, the Ministry of Health said today.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 17, 2021 00:53 UTC