Breaking! New Zealand confirms coronavirus case number 6! Sunday's Christchurch commemoration cancelled!

Waitematā DHB chief executive Dr Dale Bramley has confirmed New Zealand's sixth case of COVID-19.

The confirmed case is an imported infection in a 60-year-old man who entered the country on Friday 6 March and became unwell early this week.

Dr Bramley said he had arrived from the United States.

He said the man was doing “very well” and recovering at home.

However, there is no known community transmission.

He added that the sixth case continued the pattern of infections acquired overseas.

The man's GP in Auckland tested him for the virus on Thursday.

The man with coronavirus had been in New Jersey and travelled through Houston before returning to New Zealand.

Others on the flight should not panic, as the man only developed symptoms early this week.

The confirmed patient is currently in a stable condition, and his wife is also self-isolating.

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Tomorrow's national remembrance service marking the first anniversary of the Christchurch mosque attacks has been cancelled over safety concerns about COVID-19.

The event was to be held at three in the afternoon tomorrow at Christchurch's Horncastle Arena and was expected to draw a large crowd, including many people from across New Zealand and overseas.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that although there was no “community transmission” of COVID-19, the Government was taking precautionary measures.