There are 104 new community cases of COVID-19 to report today.
As at 10am, 43 of these cases are linked – including 33 household contacts – and 61 remain unlinked, with investigations continuing to help determine their connection to the outbreak.
Here’s a breakdown of the numbers:
- Number of new community cases: 104
- Number of new cases identified at the border: Two
- Location of new community cases: Auckland (91), Waikato (8), Northland (4)*, Nelson Marlborough (1)
- Location of community cases (total): Auckland 2,389 (1,369 of whom have recovered); Waikato 81 (14 of whom have recovered); Wellington 17 (all of whom have recovered); Northland 4, Blenheim 1
- Number of community cases (total): 2,492 (in current community outbreak)**
- Cases infectious in the community: 53 of yesterday’s 129 cases have exposure events
- Cases in isolation throughout the period they were infectious ** : 76 of yesterday’s 129 cases
- Cases epidemiologically linked: 43 of today’s 104 cases
- Cases to be epidemiologically linked: 61 of today’s 104 cases
- Cases epidemiologically linked (total): 2,172 (in the current cluster) (274 unlinked from the past 14 days)
- Cases in hospital: 55 (total): North Shore (8); Middlemore (19); Auckland (27); Waikato (1)
- Average age of current hospitalisations: 43 years old
- Cases in ICU or HDU: Five
- Confirmed cases (total): 5,194 since pandemic began
- Historical cases: 173 out of 3,381 since 1 Jan 2021
