Fourteen more people in New Zealand have tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of NZ cases to 53 in the last 24 hours.
Director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said the 14 new cases were spread across Wellington, Taranaki, Auckland, Waikato, Manawatu, Taupo and Nelson.
There were further four probable cases.
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