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.
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.