Two new imported cases of COVID-19 have been detected in New Zealand's managed isolation and quarantine facilities, the Ministry of Health announced on Thursday.
It marks the 20th consecutive day without evidence of community transmission in the country.
The first case arrived on October 9 from India via Dubai and was taken to a managed isolation facility in Hamilton. They tested positive as part of routine testing on day three of their mandatory 14-day isolation period.
The person has been transferred to the Auckland quarantine facility, the Jet Park Hotel.
The second case arrived on October 12 from San Francisco in the United States and was taken to a facility in Christchurch. They were tested after presenting symptoms of the virus.
New Zealand's total number of confirmed cases now stands at 1520.
There are currently 42 active cases of COVID-19 in the country, all of which were imported. There are no active community cases.
On Wednesday, laboratories processed 5196 tests, bringing the total number of tests completed to date to 1,016,853.
More than 2.3 million users are now registered for the Government's official contact tracing technology, the NZ COVID Tracer app.
As of Thursday, the app has recorded 91,889,488 poster scans and 3,849,194 manual diary entries.
Two new imported cases of the virus were also recorded on Wednesday - one from Bangladesh and one from London.
