New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Saturday morning that she had tested positive for COVID-19. 

Ardern has been isolating at home with her family since last Sunday, when her fiancée Clarke Gayford tested positive.

New Zealand has recorded 7,441 new community cases of COVID-19, 2,503 of which were reported in the largest city, Auckland, the Health Ministry said on Friday.

To date, the country has reported 1,026,715 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in total.

(With input from Xinhua)