This morning Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health received his first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
We also celebrated more than 1 million fully vaccinated people in Aotearoa!
Over 2.75 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to date.
Yesterday, we administered 52,106 doses nationally.
Of these, 1.75 million are first doses and just over 1 million are second doses.
Special thanks to the continued efforts of our workforce and vaccination staff who have been able to ensure the COVID-19 vaccine reaches all people across the country.
Everybody aged 40 and over can book their COVID-19 vaccine now.
Go to BookMyVaccine.nz to reserve your spot. Once it’s your turn, you can get vaccinated at any time.
Data and statistics about the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in New Zealand can be found here: health.govt.nz/our-work/disea…
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There are 41 new cases of COVID-19 in the New Zealand community to confirm today. This brings the total number of cases in the community outbreak to 148.
The total number of community cases in Auckland is now 137 and 11 in Wellington.
All of the cases have or are being transferred safely to a managed isolation facility, under strict infection prevention and control procedures, including the use of full PPE.
As previously indicated, it’s not unexpected to see a rise in daily case numbers at this stage.
There is one new case in recent returnees in a managed isolation facility.
The total number of active cases being managed in New Zealand is currently 183.
There are 35 new cases of COVID-19 in the New Zealand community to confirm today. Of these 33 are in Auckland and two are in Wellington.
This brings the total number of cases in the community outbreak to 107.
All of the cases have or are being transferred safely to a managed isolation facility, under strict infection prevention and control procedures, including the use of full PPE.
As previously indicated, it’s not unexpected to see a rise in daily case numbers at this stage. At its peak last year, New Zealand had a daily total of 89 new cases.
There are 21 new cases of COVID-19 in the community to confirm today, taking our total number of confirmed cases associated with the current Auckland community outbreak to 72.
All cases have or are being transferred safely to a managed isolation facility, under strict infection prevention and control procedures, including the use of full PPE.
Of the 21 new cases, 20 are in Auckland and one is in Wellington – this case was previously reported publicly yesterday but has officially been added to the total case numbers today.
Wellington’s number of community cases remains at six.
There are current locations of interest in Auckland, Coromandel, Central North Island and Wellington.
Keep checking the locations of interest page, as these are updated regularly: health.govt.nz/our-work/disea…
If you have been at a location of interest during the relevant time, please get a test immediately, self-isolate and call Healthline on 0800 358 5453. If you were not at the location of interest at the relevant time, you do not need to be tested.
For those who have been at a location of interest during the relevant time, it is likely you will need more than one test, so you must continue to isolate until you have spoken to Healthline.
There are 21 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the community, taking our total number of confirmed cases associated with the current Auckland community outbreak to 51.
All cases have been, or are being, transferred to quarantine facilities under strict infection prevention and control procedures, including the use of full PPE.
Of the 21 new cases, 18 are in Auckland and 3 are in Wellington – one of which we reported yesterday.
Investigations into the source of these cases is underway.
21 cases are now confirmed as part of the Auckland cluster, with the remaining 30 under investigation to confirm linkage to the outbreak. Initial assessment shows in most cases there is a link.
There are 11 new cases of COVID-19 in the New Zealand community to confirm today. This brings the total number of cases associated with the current Auckland community outbreak to 31.
All cases have or are being transferred safely to a managed isolation facility, under strict infection prevention and control procedures, including the use of full PPE. Of the 11 new cases, eight are in Auckland and three are in Wellington.
The three in Wellington had recently travelled to Auckland and visited a location of interest there.