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There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today.
Our total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 remains at 1,515, which is the number we report to the World Health Organization.
There are no additional recovered cases today.
Our total number of active cases remains at 45 – all imported cases. There are no active community cases of COVID-19.
No one is in hospital with COVID-19 today.
Yesterday our laboratories processed 2,026 tests, bringing the total number of tests completed to date to 1,002,790.
NZ COVID Tracer
There are now 2,304,800 users registered on NZ COVID Tracer.
The app has recorded a total of 89,889,212 poster scans, and users have created 3,777,071 manual diary entries.
Respiratory physician Lutz Beckert considers chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management, including the prevention of COPD, the importance of smoking cessation and pulmonary rehabilitation, and the lifesaving potential of addressing treatable traits. He also discusses the logic of inhaler therapy, moving from single therapy to dual and triple therapy when indicated, as well as other aspects of management
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