New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern extends the lockdown of 1.7m people in Auckland over just seven new cases of coronavirus in the city - as domestic airline Jetstar cancels all flights in the country.
New Zealand has recorded seven new coronavirus cases overnight as the fallout from the emerging cluster continues to grow. Ministry of Health Director-General Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Health Minister Chris Hipkins announced the growing cases on Saturday morning. Jetstar has also cancelled all flights around the country after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was forced to extend New Zealand's lockdown on Friday. All seven new COVID-19 cases were spread within the community and brought the total number of active cases in New Zealand to 56. Six cases have been linked to the growing cluster in Auckland and one is under investigation.
New Zealand has 37 coronavirus cases that have been spread within the community and 19 cases from travellers in hotel quarantine.
At least 35 active cases have been linked to the Auckland cluster and it is 'strongly believed' the extra two cases are also linked to the cluster. Dr Bloomfield said at least 1,090 close contacts have been identified and 934 have been contacted.
A record number of 23,846 coronavirus tests were processed on Friday.
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