It was the news our city has been waiting weeks to hear: all 10 people who had been diagnosed with the coronavirus have now been officially classified as recovered.
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In the wider Murrumbidgee Local Health District's area there has not been a new recorded case of COVID-19 for three weeks and, even better, there are now only two cases still considered to be active: one in the Narrandera local government area and the other in Cootamundra-Gundagai.
Sadly, the region has seen one death; that of Corowa woman Beryl Bourke, 74, who caught the coronavirus while travelling overseas.
After weeks of worry and social isolation, Wagga residents will welcome the news that, for now at least, we are officially without an active case of COVID-19.
But we must be very careful to make sure the relief we feel at this positive news does not make us complacent.
Nationally, a three-stage relaxation of the social isolation rules has been announced, as governments begin to plot a return to "normal" daily life. Already in NSW there has been some slight tweaking.
But with Mother's Day today, there is understandably going to be a huge desire in the community for family time.
We have long associated Mother's Day with family. We are going to want to see our mothers and grandmothers and all of those other significant women in our lives.
But before we get ready to give those long-anticipated hugs to our mums, we need to remember that we are not out of the woods yet.
We simply cannot afford to let down our guard at this stage. Health officials have warned us repeatedly that there could be undiagnosed COVID-19 cases in our community.
This is a new virus and we do not yet fully understand how it works. What is little more than a sniffle and sore throat in one person is potentially life-threatening in another.
So let's welcome the news that 10 people in our city have recovered from the illness, but let's also remember that active cases are still being diagnosed in Australia.
We cannot afford to take any risks that will lead to an increase in new cases.
Jody Lindbeck - journalist