A total of 129 new Covid-19 community cases are being reported today.
The Ministry of Health says 120 are in the Auckland region, and nine are in the Waikato.
As at 9am today, 64 of these cases are linked, of whom 25 are household contacts, and 65 remain unlinked with investigations continuing to help determine their connection to the current outbreak.
Five Covid cases have also been identified at the border.
In a statement released this afternoon, the MOH says today's cases brings the total number to 2,389 in the current community outbreak.
The Ministry reports that 51 people are in hospital with the virus. Eight are in North Shore Hospital, 18 are in Middlemore, 24 are in Auckland and one is in Waikato Hospital.
There are five people are in ICU or HDU.
See below for a further breakdown of today's numbers:
Cases |
|
Number of new community cases |
129 |
Number of new cases identified at the border |
Five |
Location of new community cases |
Auckland (120) Waikato (9) |
Location of community cases (total) |
Auckland 2,299 (1,366 of whom have recovered); Waikato 73 (12 of whom have recovered); Wellington 17 (all of whom have recovered) |
Number of community cases (total) |
2,389 (in current community outbreak) |
Cases infectious in the community |
48 of yesterday's 102 cases have exposure events |
Cases in isolation throughout the period they were infectious |
54 of yesterday's 102 cases |
Cases epidemiologically linked |
64 of today's 129 cases |
Cases to be epidemiologically linked |
65 of today's 129 cases |
Cases epidemiologically linked (total) |
2,115 (in the current cluster) (195 unlinked from the past 14 days) |
Cases in hospital |
51 (total): North Shore (8); Middlemore (18); Auckland (24); Waikato (1) |
Cases in ICU or HDU |
Five |
Confirmed cases (total) |
5090 since pandemic began |
Historical cases, since 1 Jan 2021 (total)* |
173 out of 3,275 since 1 Jan 2021 |
Contacts |
|
Number of active contacts being managed (total): |
2,319 |
Percentage who have received an outbound call from contact tracers (to confirm testing and isolation requirements) |
82% |
Percentage with at least one test result |
75% |
Locations of interest |
|
Locations of interest (total) |
396 (as at 10am 22 October) |
Tests |
|
Number of tests (total) |
3,870,822 |
Number of tests total (last 24 hours) |
27,831 |
Tests processed in Auckland (last 24 hours) |
13,763 |
Tests rolling average (last 7 days) |
24,215 |
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) |
6,516,515; 1st doses: 3,614,484 (86%); 2nd doses: 2,902,031 (69%) |
Vaccines administered yesterday (total) |
41,294; 1st doses: 10,066; 2nd doses: 31,228 |
Māori |
1st doses: 387,290 (68%); 2nd doses: 268,989 (47%) |
Pacific Peoples |
1st doses: 234,012 (82%); 2nd doses: 176,919 (62%) |
Vaccines administered to Auckland residents to date (total) |
2,346,051; 1st doses: 1,282,360 (89%); 2nd doses: 1,063,691 (74%) |
Vaccines administered to Auckland residents yesterday (total) |
12,623: 1st doses: 2,604, 2nd doses: 10,019 |
NZ COVID Tracer |
|
Registered users (total) |
3,312,957 |
Poster scans (total) |
447,458,826 |
Manual diary entries (total) |
18,732,554 |
Poster scans in 24 hours to midday yesterday |
2,483,429 |
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