Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield told a press conference the death toll remained at 21 in the country, and 93 percent of the country's cases have recovered from the virus.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern praised nurses working on the frontline fighting the virus on Tuesday's International Nurses Day at the press conference.
The government also announced that Budget 2020 delivers the biggest ever increase in funding for District Health Boards, as well as additional funding to deliver approximately 153,000 more surgeries and procedures, radiology scans and specialist appointments to help clear the COVID-19 backlog.
New Zealand will move to COVID-19 Alert Level 2 on Thursday and reopen most businesses in 10 days, Ardern announced on Monday.
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