Source: Covid-19 New Zealand Government Announcements
Counties Manukau DHB have now reached 90% fully vaccinated, bringing all three Auckland Metro DHBs to 90% or more fully vaccinated with Auckland DHB sitting on 95% and Waitematā DHB on 92%.
There are 6 DHBs in total who are now at 90% fully vaccinated. The following DHBs are all close, on 89% fully vaccinated with numbers required to get to 90% in brackets:
- Midcentral (1,755 doses to go)
- Wairarapa (395 to go)
- Nelson Marlborough (1,905 to go)
- South Canterbury (750 to go)
We are 7,417 doses away from being nationally 90% fully vaccinated, which we expect to achieve in the next day or two.
There are 74 new community cases and 2 new cases identified at the border.
- 56 in Auckland
- 9 in Waikato
- 7 in Bay of Plenty
- 1 in Lakes
- 1 in Canterbury.
There are 61 cases in hospital.
Update on today’s COVID-19 cases | health.govt.nz (external link)
Testing reminder
It’s important testing advice is followed correctly to help ensure test results continue to be returned in a timely way.
People who are not fully vaccinated require a COVID-19 test for some travel including to leave Auckland. These people need to get a supervised rapid antigen test from a pharmacy, within 72 hours of travel.
This testing is only for people over the age of 12 years and 3 months, who are not fully vaccinated and do not have any COVID-19 symptoms.
The location and hours of pharmacies offering rapid antigen tests is available from Healthpoint. We ask people getting a rapid antigen test to be patient and kind to pharmacy staff while the system is fine-tuned.
Remember, if you have COVID-19 symptoms then you should call Healthline for advice about getting a PCR test.
Where to get a supervised rapid antigen test | healthpoint.co.nz (external link)
