There are three new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand's managed isolation facilities, the Ministry of Health announced on Sunday.
It has been 79 days since the last case of COVID-19 was acquired locally from an unknown source, indicating there is no evidence of community transmission in the country.
Two of Sunday's cases were in managed isolation facilities in Waikato, and the third in Christchurch.
The first case is a man in his 30s, who arrived in New Zealand on July 14 from Afghanistan via Doha.
The second is also a man in his 30s, who arrived in New Zealand on July 14 from Pakistan via Dubai.
Both positive results were obtained from routine testing on day three of their respective 14-day mandatory isolation periods.
Both returnees, and the family of the second case, were transferred on Saturday night from Waikato to the Auckland quarantine facility.
The third case is a woman in her 70s, who arrived in New Zealand on June 30 from India. She was already in quarantine in the Chateau on the Park in Christchurch after a family member returned a positive result from a day three test. The woman remains in quarantine.
New Zealand's active case total currently stands at 25. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is now 1203, which is the number reported to the World Health Organization.
None of the active cases are receiving hospital-level care for the virus.
On Saturday, laboratories completed 1365 tests. The total number of tests completed in New Zealand to date is 442,488.
The latest development follows the unveiling of National's plan to charge new arrivals at the border for their mandatory quarantine period - if it forms the next Government.
In a statement on Sunday, COVID-19 border response spokesman Gerry Brownlee said it's "entirely fair" that new arrivals pay a share of the taxpayer-funded managed isolation process.
From October 3, National wants to charge single adults $3000 each for their two-week stay in a managed isolation or quarantine facility. Each additional adult in a room will be charged $1000, and children $500. Children under the age of three are exempt.
The current cost to house New Zealand citizens and permanent residents who have returned from overseas is about $4000 per person. The Government had spent $80 million on quarantining by the end of June, with $298 million appropriated for the rest of 2020.
If National comes to power, Brownlee said exemptions will be established on compassionate grounds and in cases of financial hardship.
