Today there are nine new cases of Covid-19 in the community.
Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said seven of the cases have been linked to the Auckland cluster.
There are four cases, two of which are new today, which are still under investigation, however it's believed they are also linked to the cluster.
There are now five people in hospital with the illness - two in Auckland Hospital and three people have been moved from the Jet Park quarantine facility to Middlemore Hospital.
As of 6pm yesterday, 86 people, made up of 36 positive cases and their families, have been moved to the quarantine facility.
The total number of cases today in New Zealand is now 1280.
There are now 78 active cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, made up of 58 people in the community and 20 people who've arrived from overseas, who are now in quarantine.
Testing remains high, with over 26,000 tests for the coronavirus carried out yesterday. The total number of tests in New Zealand since the pandemic began is 597,956 - almost 100,000 of which were in the past week.
"This is a tricky virus. The virus is the problem, not people," Dr Bloomfield said.
"We are all collectively the solution and it's been heartening, very heartening, to see the number of people coming forward to be tested and those who have tested positive are to be commended, not only did they come forward but they then assisted in a detailed follow up so we can find where this outbreak is and ring fence it.
"I am certainly wanting to commend them for their actions and I think they deserve nothing less than our thanks and praise."
Dr Bloomfield reminded only people with Covid-19-like symptoms, including a cough, fever and runny nose, should be tested.
Due to the large number of tests there are delays of up to 48 hours to get results, however, he said laboratories were prioritising "high risk" people, including close contacts of confirmed cases.
The Government's Covid Tracer app now has 1,442,300 registered users, up 68,000 in the past 24 hours.
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