COVID19
New Zealand registers 13 new cases of coronavirus
Wellington/UNI: New Zealand on Tuesday reported 13 fresh cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hrs, the country's Health Ministry said.
The total number of confirmed cases in the country is 1293, and one previously reported probable case is now under investigation.
On Monday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern postponed the general election by four weeks to October 17, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"COVID-19 will be with us for some time to come. Continuously pushing out an election does not lessen the risk of disruption," the prime minister said, adding she would not change the election date again.
Last week, New Zealand registered four new cases for the first time in 102 days, prompting the authorities to impose quarantine on the country's largest city of Auckland.
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