total number of infected in new zealand to 12. the ninth and tenth cases were a wellington man and his father, who had travelled back from the united states. the eleventh case was a man from dunedin, who had travelled back from germany. the twelfth case was a dunedin high school student who was the son of the eleventh case. on 18 march, the ministry of health confirmed that new zealand had eight new cases of covid-19, bringing the total to 20. four of these new cases were in auckland, two in the waikato region, one in christchurch, and one in invercargill. on 19 march, the ministry of health confirmed another eight new cases of covid-19, bringing the total to 28. two of the new cases were in auckland, two in taranaki, one in dunedin, one in queenstown, one in northland, and one in rotorua. on 20 march, the ministry of health confirmed 11 new cases of covid-19, bringing the total to 39: five in auckland, two in waikato, two in wellington, one in canterbury, and one in hawke's bay. all new cases were associated with overseas travel. on 21 march, 13 new cases were confirmed, bringing the total to 52. for two of the cases, no link to overseas travel had been discovered and the ministry of health was continuing to investigate. on 22 march, 14 new cases were confirmed, bringing the total to 66. 11 of the new cases had a history of international travel. two of the other cases had attended the world hereford conference in queenstown, which was held on 9–13 march and had new zealand and international delegates. on 23 march, 36 new cases were confirmed, bringing the total to 102. this number includes two suspected community-spread cases, which prompted the prime minister to declare that new zealand would enter alert level 3, effective immediately, during the health ministry briefing from 1:40 pm. on 24 march, 40 new cases were confirmed, out of 1400 tests processed. from this date on, probable cases will be included in the numbers of cases, bringing the total number of cases to 155. these figures also include four cases of community transmission; three in auckland and one in wairarapa. on 25 march, 50 new cases were reported, including probable cases, bringing the total number of confirmed and probable cases to 205. a national state of emergency was declared by civil defence minister peeni henare at 12:21 pm in parliament before the country entered alert level 4 at 11:59 pm. this state of emergency was declared for seven days; but, was announced with the possibility of being extended. on 26 march, a further 78 confirmed and probable cases were reported, bringing the total to 283. a total of 27 people have now recovered from the virus. in addition, it was reported that 168 new zealand travellers were in quarantine. on 27 march, 85 new confirmed and probable cases were reported, bringing the total to 368. on 28 march, health authorities reported 83 new cases including 78 confirmed and 5 probable cases, bringing the total to 451. air new zealand also confirmed that several of its staff had tested positive for the coronavirus. on 29 march, 60 new confirmed and 3 new probable cases were reported, bringing the total of confirmed and probable cases to 514 (476 confirmed and 38 probable). a total of 56 people have recovered. the first coronavirus-related death in new zealand was reported on this day. the individual was a woman in her 70s from the west coast region. on 30 march, 76 more confirmed cases were reported and one previous probable case was confirmed negative, bringing the total number of confirmed and probable cases to 589 (552 confirmed and 37 probable). on this day it was also reported that the total number of confirmed community-spread cases was 10, or around 2% of the total, and that 57% of confirmed cases are directly related to overseas travel and 27% are close contacts of a confirmed case. five new recoveries were reported, bringing the total to 63. additionally, 12 people were in hospital, with 2 being in intensive care. on 31 march, 58 new confirmed and probable cases were reported, bringing the total to 647 (600 confirmed and 47 probable), and 11 new recoveries were reported, bringing the total to 74. april 2020 date cases recoveries deaths hospitalisations sources newtotal newtotal newtotal changetotal 16170888201—— 289797109201013 3718681110301013 4529502412701010 5891,0392915601015 6671,1062017601013 7541,1606524101012 8501,2104128201012 9291,2393531701214 10441,2835637312216 11291,3124942224-115 12181,3304947104-114 13191,0647554615115 14171,3668262849015 15201,38610072809-213 16151,4014277009-112 1781,40946816211214 18131,42251867011620 1991,43145912112-218 2091,44062974012-414 2151,445321,006113-212 2261,451301,036114-111 2331,451291,065216-38 2451,456301,09511708 2551,461231,118118-17 2691,470241,14201807 2751,469381,18011907 2831,472341,21401929 2921,474151,229019-36 3031,476121,24101917 on 1 april, it was reported that the chatham islands, which are part of new zealand, were facing a food shortage due to panic buying. on 3 april, there were ten clusters of the virus, with the biggest being at marist college in auckland. by 3 april, over 3,600 people had been tested. by 5 april, two new clusters were reported, one each in auckland and canterbury, bringing the total to 12. ethnicity statistics were released that day: 74% of those with coronavirus were pākehā, 8.3% asian, 7.6% māori, and 3.3% pasifika. that same day, the queen of new zealand addressed the commonwealth in a televised broadcast, in which she asked people to "take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return". she added, "we will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again". on 9 april, compulsory quarantine for new zealanders returning home was announced to commence by the end of the day. on 10 april, a woman in her nineties, who was one of the rosewood rest home cluster, was reported to have died in christchurch the previous day. on 11 april, two more deaths were reported: a man in his eighties in wellington and a man in his seventies in christchurch who was part of the rosewood rest home cluster. on 13 april, one further death (a man in his eighties from the rosewood rest home cluster) was reported, bringing the total death count to five, three of whom were residents of the rosewood rest home. two new clusters were reported: one in a rest home in auckland and another in a workplace in christchurch. on 14 april, four new deaths were reported, three of whom were from the rosewood rest home cluster – two men in their nineties and a man in his eighties – as well as a man in his seventies in wellington, bringing the total death toll to nine. on 17 april, two further deaths were announced: a woman in her eighties who was part of the rosewood rest home cluster, and a man in his nineties who was linked to the matamata cluster. the wairarapa district health board became the first dhb area to record zero active cases. on 18 april, eight residents of st margaret's rest home were moved to hospital and two people being discharged, bringing the total number of people in hospital to 20. on 19 april, one previous death from earlier in the week was confirmed in a post-mortem to have been caused by covid-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 12. that same day, regional health authorities also confirmed that three boys aged under one years old in the southland and waikato regions had contracted the coronavirus. on 20 april, prime minister jacinda ardern announced that new zealand will drop down to alert level 3 at 11:59 pm on 27 april. businesses and schools were allowed to have employees prepare the premises for alert level 3 during last week of alert level 4. the country remained at alert level 3 for at least two weeks, with the decision of whether to move down to level 2 made on 11 may. ardern also reported that the country has a transmission rate of 0.48, meaning that those with the virus pass it on to 0.48 other people on average. on 21 april, one further death was reported, a woman in her seventies from the st margaret's rest home cluster, bringing the total number of deaths to 13. additionally, a new zealander in his forties died in peru after missing a repatriation flight, however this was not included in ministry of health figures. on 22 april, one further death was reported, a woman in her eighties from the rosewood rest home cluster, bringing the total to 14. on 23 april, two deaths were reported: a woman in her sixties in dunedin and a man in christchurch who was part of the rosewood rest home cluster, and eight people are in hospital. on 24 april, one further death was reported: a man in his sixties from the rosewood rest home cluster, bringing the total to 17, of whom 10 were from rosewood. on 25 april, one further death was reported, a woman in her seventies from the st margaret's rest home cluster, bringing the total to 18. on 27 april, one further death was reported, a woman in her nineties from the st margaret's rest home cluster, bringing the total to 19. that same day, new zealand entered alert level 3 at 11:59 pm. may 2020 date cases recoveries deaths hospitalisations sources newtotal newtotal newtotal changetotal 131,479111,252019-16 261,485111,263120-15 321,48731,26602038 401,487101,27602044 5-1'1,486261,30202004 621,488141,316121-22 711,489161,33202102 811,490151,34702113 921,492211,368021-12 1021,49431,371 02102 1131,497151,38602102 1201,497121,39802102 1301,49741,40202102 1401,49791,41102102 1511,498101,42102102 1601,49871,42802113 1711,49951,433021-12 180'1,49901,43302102 1941,50391,44202102 2001,50351,447021-11 21-11,50251,45202101 221,150431,45502101 2301,50401,45502101 2401,50411,45602101 2501,50401,45602101 2601,50451,46102101 2701,50411,462 021-10 2801,504121,47412200 2901,50471,48102200 3001,50401,48102200 3101,50401,48102200 on 2 may, one further death, a man in his eighties from the rosewood rest home cluster, was reported, bringing the total to 20. on 6 may, one further death, a woman in her sixties from the rosewood rest home, was reported, bringing the total death toll to 21. on 15 may, a new case was linked to the marist college cluster. on 17 may, the latest confirmed case was a canterbury toddler linked to the rosewood cluster in christchurch. on 19 may, four previous cases from mid-april in uruguay, which had been delayed to avoid double-counting, were added to the total number of cases. on 28 may, the 22nd death was linked to the st margaret's rest home cluster in christchurch. june 2020 date cases recoveries deaths active cases hospitalisations sources newtotal newtotal newtotal changetotal changetotal 101,50401,4810220100 201,50401,4810220100 301,50401,4810220100 401,50401,4810220100 501,50401,4810220100' 601,50401,4810220100 701,50401,4810220100 801,50411,482022-1000 90,150401,4820220000 1001,50401,4820220000 1101,50401,4820220000 1201,50401,4820220000 1301,50401,4820220000 1401,50401,4820220000 1501,50401,4820220000 1621,50601,4820220200 1701,50601,4820220200 1811,507'01,4820221300 1901,50701,4820220300 2021,50901,4820222500 2121,51101,4820222700 2221,51301,4820222900 2321,51511,48302211000 2411,51601,48302211100 2531,51911,48402221300 2611,52001,48402211400 2721,52201,48402221600 2841,52601,48402242011 2921,52801,48402222201 3001,52801,4840220201 on 2 june, director-general of health ashley bloomfield confirmed that 654 tests were completed on monday, bringing the total number of tests to 282,263. on 16 june, two new cases (both of which were arrivals from the uk) were reported, bringing the total number of cases to 1,506 (1,156 confirmed and 350 probable). on 17 june, the ministry of health announced that it had identified 320 people who had been in contact with the two new cases. these have been encouraged to undergo testing. that same day, the ministry of health confirmed that the two infected travellers had "five minutes" of limited contact with two friends after getting lost while travelling from auckland to wellington in order to console a grieving relative. on 18 june, a new case was identified as a man in his sixties who travelled from pakistan to doha to melbourne on 11 june before flying from melbourne to auckland on 13 june. on 19 june, bloomfield also confirmed that a total of 327,460 tests had been conducted in new zealand with 6,273 tests completed the previous day. an estimated 700 tests were carried out on 19 june. on 20 june, two new asymptomatic cases were identified as a young couple in their twenties in the counties manukau district health board who had returned on an air india repatriation flight from india. on 21 june, two new cases were identified as the child of the returning couple from india who tested positive for covid-19 and a 59-year-old woman who travelled from new delhi on 15 june. on 22 june, two new cases resulting from overseas travel were reported. the first patient is a female traveller who arrived with her family from islamabad via melbourne on 13 june. the second patient is a man in his 30s who had travelled from india.