There are no new cases of Covid-19.

New Zealand is nearing its milestone of 100 days without coronavirus community transmission.

The Ministry of Health released Saturday’s latest Covid-19 figures in a statement. There was no coronavirus-related press conference on Saturday.

There are 23 active cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, all in managed isolation and quarantine facilities. None of these people are receiving hospital-level care.

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There were no new cases on the virus reported on Friday. The total number of confirmed cases remains at 1219.

Laboratories completed 3289 tests on Friday, bringing the total number of tests carried out to 490,232. In managed isolation facilities on Friday 720 swabs were taken.

Testing in pop up centres on Saturday

Residents in South Auckland were being tested on Saturday. Metro Auckland district health boards were testing for free at a pop-up site at Manurewa. The Ministry of Health reported “good numbers” of people seeking tests, despite challenging weather.

By 9am 10 cars were waiting in the queue, and 75 people had been tested so far. The testing centre is at Southmall car park, on Weymouth Rd. It will be open until 4pm. It won’t be open on Sunday, but Aucklanders can be tested for free at any of the city’s 19 Urgent Care Clinics.

There were also queues in Christchurch for a testing clinic. By midday about 75 people had been tested. The clinic is open until 4pm at 170 Orchard Rd, near the airport.

Mask advice updated

On Thursday the Ministry of Health updated its advice on the use of masks by the public, and the ministry is now recommending households add masks to their earthquake emergency kits.

Director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said mask use “isn’t about scaremongering, it’s about being prepared”.

Health officials are increasingly confident there is no community transmission of Covid-19 in the south after successful pop-up surveillance testing in Queenstown and Milford.

Southern District Health Board medical officer of health Dr Susan Jack said about 1100 people volunteered to be tested at the sites this week.

All Queenstown results, including the result for Queenstown Lakes mayor Jim Boult,​ were negative.