New Zealand Covid update: 75 cases recorded after two days of falls

Auckland remains the centre of the outbreak with all but one of the new infections found in the city

New Zealand has recorded 75 new cases of Covid-19, a bounce upward after two days of seeing cases decline.

The director general of health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, said on Tuesday the increase was not unexpected" and noted that during New Zealand's previous outbreak, case numbers did move up and down somewhat day-to-day, while still tracking down overall.