Sunday: 18 new community Covid cases - 5 million vaccination doses
There have been 18 new community cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand today, with all but two epidemiologically linked to previous cases, the Health Ministry says.
There was no media conference today. In a statement, the Health Ministry said there are now a total of 1165 community cases associated with the latest outbreak of the Delta variant of the virus.
It said 934 of Auckland's 1148 cases had now recovered.
The ministry said there were five cases in the past fortnight that were still not linked to previous cases.
The 16 linked cases reported today are all in isolation at home or in MIQ.
There was also one new and two historical cases detected at the border.
There are 12 people in hospital, including four in intensive care.
Yesterday the ministry announced that there were 16 new cases with 13 epidemiologically linked to previous cases. There was also one historical community case not associated with the current outbreak and another historical case found at the border yesterday.
There have been a total of 3827 cases since the pandemic began.
The ministry said more than 5 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine had now been given out in New Zealand.
"We want to reiterate our thanks to frontline staff administering the vaccines, especially during the current community outbreak. Your hard work is helping to keep New Zealanders safe."
Testing in Auckland continues to focus on Clover Park, Māngere, Favona, Ōtara, Manurewa, and Mount Wellington/Sylvia Park. The ministry said 980 tests taken from these suburbs were processed yesterday.
"There continues to be good uptake of testing for people connected to Clover Park with over 2,140 tests processed since Sunday 19 September. We are continuing to encourage Clover Park residents, and those in the surrounding areas, to get a test regardless of whether they have symptoms of Covid-19," the ministry said.
"We have seen good testing numbers for Mt Wellington residents, with over 1,300 tests processed in three days. The nearest community testing centres for people living in the Mt Wellington/Sylvia Park area are the pop-up CTC at the Auckland Netball Centre in St Johns and the Mt Smart Stadium Community Testing Centre in Penrose."
A new pop-up testing centre opens today at the Tuakau Rugby League Club, with the Pukekohe pop-up community testing centre at the Pukekohe Netball Centre.
26 September
| Cases | |
| Number of new community cases | 18 |
| Number of new cases identified at the border | One and two historical cases |
| Location of new community cases | Auckland |
| Location of community cases (total) | Auckland (including 4 cases in Upper Hauraki; all of whom are in the same household) 1,148 (934 of whom have recovered); Wellington 17 (all of whom have recovered) |
| Number of community cases (total) | 1,165 (in the current community outbreak) |
| Cases infectious in the community | Eight (50%) of yesterday’s 16 cases have exposure events |
| Cases in isolation throughout the period they were infectious | Eight (50%) of yesterday’s 16 cases |
| Cases epidemiologically linked | 16 of today’s 18 cases. All 16 have been in isolation at home or in an MIQ. |
| Cases to be epidemiologically linked | Two of today’s 18 cases. Investigations are continuing to determine a link. |
| Cases epidemiologically linked (total) | 1,138 (in the current cluster) (Five unlinked from the past fortnight). |
| Number of sub-clusters | 15 epidemiologically linked subclusters. Of these, four are active, nine are contained and two are dormant. There are ten epidemiologically unlinked subclusters. Of these, three are contained and seven are dormant. |
| Cases in hospital | 12 (total): North Shore (1); Middlemore (5); Auckland (6) |
| Cases in ICU or HDU | Four |
| Confirmed cases (total) | 3,827 since pandemic began |
| Historical cases, since 1 Jan 2021 (total) | *160 out of 2,009 since 1 Jan 2021 |
| Contacts | |
| Number of active contacts being managed (total): | 958 |
| Percentage who have received an outbound call from contact tracers (to confirm testing and isolation requirements) | 92% |
| Percentage with at least one test result | 93% |
| Locations of interest | |
| Locations of interest (total) | 137 (as at 10am 26 September) |
| Tests | |
| Number of tests (total) | 3,329,629 |
| Number of tests total (last 24 hours) | 13,442 |
| Tests processed in Auckland (last 24 hours) | 4,498 |
| Tests rolling average (last 7 days) | 13,868 |
| Testing centres in Auckland | 20 |
| Wastewater | |
| Wastewater detections | No unexpected detections in the last 24 hours |
| **COVID-19 vaccine update | |
| Vaccines administered to date (total) | 5,020,900; 1st doses: 3,231,444; 2nd doses: 1,789,456 |
| Vaccines administered yesterday (total) | 51,472; 1st doses: 19,350; 2nd doses: 32,122 |
| Māori | 1st doses: 309,516; 2nd doses: 156,823 |
| Pacific Peoples | 1st doses: 200,285; 2nd doses: 110,294 |
| Vaccines administered to Auckland residents to date (total) | 1,827,394; 1st doses: 1,174,052 (82%); 2nddoses: 653,342 (46%) |
| Vaccines administered to Auckland residents yesterday (total) | 20,272; 1st doses: 6,568; 2nd doses: 13,704 |
| NZ COVID-19 tracer | |
| Registered users (total) | 3,253,549 |
| Poster scans (total) | 386,016,307 |
| Manual diary entries (total) | 17,039,518 |
| Poster scans in 24 hours to midday yesterday | 2,716,660 |
*One previously reported border case has been reclassified as historical, therefore the total number of historical cases reported since 1 January 2021 has increased by three today.
New case identified at the border
| Arrival date | From | Via | Positive test day/reason | Managed isolation/quarantine location |
| 21 September | Russia | United Arab Emirates | Day 3 / routine | Auckland |
Historical cases identified at the border
| Arrival date | From | Via | Positive test day/reason | Managed isolation/quarantine location |
| 11 September | Sri Lanka | United Arab Emirates | Day 12 / routine | Christchurch |
| 22 September | United Kingdom | Singapore | Day 0/routine | Christchurch |
**5 million doses of vaccine administered
Vaccinators across the country have now administered more than five million doses.
We want to reiterate our thanks to frontline staff administering the vaccines, especially during the current community outbreak. Your hard work is helping to keep New Zealanders safe.
More than 200,000 Pasifika people have also now received their first dose of vaccine.
Testing
Testing in Auckland continues to focus on Clover Park, Māngere, Favona, Ōtara, Manurewa, and Mount Wellington/Sylvia Park. 980 tests taken from these suburbs were processed yesterday.
There continues to be good uptake of testing for people connected to Clover Park with over 2,140 tests processed since Sunday 19 September. We are continuing to encourage Clover Park residents, and those in the surrounding areas, to get a test regardless of whether they have symptoms of COVID-19.
We have seen good testing numbers for Mt Wellington residents, with over 1,300 tests processed in three days. The nearest community testing centres for people living in the Mt Wellington/Sylvia Park area are the pop-up CTC at the Auckland Netball Centre in St Johns and the Mt Smart Stadium Community Testing Centre in Penrose.
A new pop-up testing centre opens today at the Tuakau Rugby League Club. From today, the Pukekohe pop-up community testing centre will be at the Pukekohe Netball Centre.
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