There are no new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand, the Ministry of Health confirmed in a statement on Monday.
It marks the tenth consecutive day of no new cases in the country, with the last confirmed case being recorded on Friday, May 22.
The total number of confirmed cases remains at 1154, which is the official number reported to the World Health Organization.
New Zealand's overall total of confirmed and probable cases remains at 1504.
The number of recoveries remains unchanged at 1481. Just one case is considered active.
There are no additional deaths to report. No one in New Zealand is currently hospitalised with COVID-19.
NZ COVID Tracer app
The Government's official contact tracing app, NZ COVID Tracer, has now recorded 476,000 registrations - an increase of 8000 since 1pm on Sunday.
The ministry continues to encourage as many New Zealanders as possible to download the app, as it will help with identifying, tracing, testing and isolating any potential cases of the virus in the future.
The latest figures show that 20,774 QR code posters have been generated by active businesses under the alert level 2 restrictions, which can be scanned by customers and patrons to record their location history.
Testing
On Sunday 626 tests were processed, bringing the total number of tests completed to date to 281,609.
Lower testing volumes are regularly observed over holiday weekends, the ministry noted.
"We recognise that this alert level 2 Queen's Birthday, people will have been taking advantage of the renewed ability to travel and enjoy a break within New Zealand," said the statement.
"However, we want to encourage and remind everyone that if they have any respiratory symptoms, they should seek advice from Healthline, their GP or after-hours clinic about getting tested. Testing is free."
The ministry is keeping the testing approach under constant review to ensure any changes are responded to, although testing will remain an imperative tool against the virus, which has killed 22 New Zealanders.
The ministry has requested that district health boards (DHBs) continue to ensure "equitable access to testing" for those who have symptoms consistent with COVID-19.
"Each DHB will be making its own decisions on how best to provide testing over the coming weeks and this may involve a mix of community-based assessment centres (CBACs), mobile services, primary care and other community-based testing. Each DHB will determine when and if it is appropriate for them to close their CBACs, while ensuring that testing is available," said the statement.
As at Friday, there were 64 active CBACs operating nationwide and 105 designated practices, including mobile clinics, providing assessments and swabbing.
An updated testing strategy will be considered by Cabinet this week. Any updates on this strategy are expected to be made publicly available by mid-June.
