Kua 43 te nama o ngā kēhi KOWHEORI-19 ā-hapori i ara ake i te rangi nei. Kua 2 te nama o ngā kēhi hou kua ara ake i te ripa whenua. Kua 494 te nama o ngā kēhi hohe katoa i Aotearoa nei.
There are 43 new community cases of COVID-19 to report today, 40 of these are in Auckland & 3 are in Waikato.
This takes our total number of cases associated with the current outbreak to 1,664.
Of these, 1,186 cases have recovered, taking our total active community cases to 476
Of these new cases, 24 are epidemiologically linked and the rest are yet to be linked. Of yesterday’s 35 cases, 23 people were potentially infectious in the community. The rest were in isolation during this time.
There are now 34 cases in hospital, 32 are in Auckland, one is in Waikato and one is in Palmerston North. Of these, five are in an intensive care or high dependency unit.
You can find vaccination and demographic details of all August 2021 community cluster cases on the Ministry of Health website here: health.govt.nz/our-work/disea… which is updated weekly on Mondays.
There are 2 new active cases at the border.
The total number of active cases in New Zealand is 494 - this includes 476 cases in the community and 18 border cases.
⏺️ Locations of interest
There are 376 locations of interest. Please remember to regularly check the Ministry of Health’s website for new locations of interest: health.govt.nz/our-work/disea…
If you have been to a location of interest during the relevant time, follow the advice on the website which will tell you whether you need to self-isolate and call Healthline on 0800 358 5453 for advice on testing, or whether you just need to watch for symptoms.
However, anyone who develops symptoms whether or not they have been at a listed location of interest should ring Healthline for advice on testing.
If you were in Whangarei, Paihia, Onerahi or Kawakawa between Saturday 2 October and Wednesday 6 October, you may have been at a location of interest.
More specific details will be updated on the Ministry of Health website as information comes to hand, but it is recommended that you go and get tested, even if you don’t have COVID-19 symptoms.
Locations of interest for the Bay of Plenty have been removed. The person who visited these locations has returned a negative test and was therefore not infectious.
⏺️ Testing
Yesterday 16,565 tests were processed across New Zealand. In Auckland, 13,981 tests were processed. For up-to-date information on all testing locations, please visit the Healthpoint website: HealthPoint.co.nz/covid-19/
⏺️ Super Saturday
If you have not been vaccinated yet, vaccine clinics will be open all over the country, all day and into the evening this Saturday.
Auckland, Northland and parts of the Waikato remain at Alert Level 3. The rest of New Zealand remains at Alert Level 2.
Waikato
Parts of Waikato will remain at Alert Level 3 until 11.59pm on Thursday 14 October, to be reviewed on Wednesday.
Since the first cases were reported in the region on the 3rd of October, more than 23,000 tests have been done– that is 4% of the population of Waikato.
Waikato had the largest increase in vaccinations of any region in New Zealand last week with nearly 17,000 people (5%) getting their first vaccination, jumping up to 79% overall.
Kua 35 te nama o ngā kēhi KOWHEORI-19 ā-hapori i ara ake i te rangi nei. Kua 0 te nama o ngā kēhi hou kua ara ake i te ripa whenua. Kua 469 te nama o ngā kēhi hohe katoa i Aotearoa nei.
There are 35 new community cases of COVID-19 to report today, these are all in Auckland. This takes our total number of cases associated with the current outbreak to 1,622.
Of these, 1,170 cases have recovered, taking our total active community cases to 452.
Of these new cases, 14 are epidemiologically linked and 21 are yet to be linked. Of yesterday’s 60 cases, 29 people were potentially infectious in the community. The rest were in isolation during this time.
Kua 60 te nama o ngā kēhi KOWHEORI-19 ā-hapori i ara ake i te rangi nei. Kua 1 te nama o ngā kēhi hou kua ara ake i te ripa whenua. Kua 456 te nama o ngā kēhi hohe katoa i Aotearoa nei.
There are 60 new community cases of COVID-19 to report today. There are 56 in Auckland, three in Waikato, and one in the Bay of Plenty. This takes our total number of cases associated with the current outbreak to 1,587.
Of these, 1,164 cases have recovered, taking our total active community cases to 438.
The Ministry of Health is today confirming the results of a COVID-19 test taken yesterday in Auckland, which has returned positive today for a person currently in Katikati.
The person lives in Pukekohe and is in the process of moving to a rural area north of Katikati. Katikati is north of Tauranga and is currently in Alert Level 2.
The test result has a high CT value usually seen in the early or late stage of infection and is under further investigation, including a repeat test.
The person has been permitted to cross the boundary in and out of Auckland as they are in the process of shifting house.
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.