Source: Covid-19 New Zealand Government Announcements
There are 70 new cases of COVID-19 in the New Zealand community today; all are in Auckland. This brings the total number of cases in the community outbreak to 347.
The total number of community cases in Auckland is now 333 and in Wellington it is 14.
All of the cases have or are being transferred safely to a quarantine facility, under strict infection prevention and control procedures, including the use of full PPE.
There are 278 cases that have been clearly epidemiologically-linked to another case or sub-cluster, and a further 69 for which links are yet to be fully established.
Nineteen of the current community cases are in a stable condition in hospital; 1 of these cases is in a stable condition in ICU. Of those in hospital, 2 are in North Shore Hospital, 8 are in Middlemore Hospital, and 9 are in Auckland City Hospital.
There are no new cases identified at the border in recent returnees to report today.
The total number of active cases being managed in New Zealand is currently 384.
Update on today’s cases | health.govt.nz (external link)
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