There is one new case of Covid-19 being reported in the Bay of Plenty today.
People in the Bay of Plenty are urged to get a test if they are symptomatic or have been advised to by a health professional.
A ministry of Health spokesperson says in regards to the positive Covid-19 case that visited a Tauranga retirement village, one close contact has been identified and their initial test result is negative.
'This situation continues to be closely managed by the Public Health Unit.
'There is good testing capacity across the region with dedicated community testing centres in Tauranga, Mount Maunganui, Whakatāne and Murupara,”
Including the new Bay of Plenty case, there are 215 cases of Covid-19 throughout the country today.
Of these cases, 196 are in Auckland, 11 in the Waikato, four in Northland, one in the Bay of Plenty, two in the Lakes and one in the Mid Central region which was announced on Monday.
There are 88 people in hospital throughout New Zealand today, and six of these people are in ICU or HDU units.
'Sadly, today we are reporting the COVID-19-related death of a patient at Auckland City Hospital,” says the spokesperson.
'The patient, who was in their 50s, was admitted to Auckland City Hospital on 17 November.
'Our thoughts are with the patient's whānau and friends at this deeply sad time," they say.
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COVID-19 vaccine update |
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Total first and second vaccines administered to date (percentage of eligible people) |
7,366,916: 3,846,920 first doses (91%); 3,519,996 second doses (84%) |
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Total first and second vaccines administered yesterday |
15,224: 4,777 first doses; 10,447 second doses |
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Māori (percentage of eligible people) |
823,499: 454,188 first doses (*80%); 369,311 second doses (65%) |
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Pacific Peoples (percentage of eligible people) |
483,932: 256,951 first doses (*90%); 226,981 second doses (79%) |
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Total first and second vaccines administered to Auckland residents yesterday |
3,706: 966 first doses; 2,740 second doses |
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Vaccination rates by DHB (with active cases) |
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Northland DHB (percentage of eligible people) |
First doses (84%); second doses (74%) |
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Auckland metro DHBs (percentage of eligible people) |
First doses (96%); second doses (91%) |
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Waikato DHB (percentage of eligible people) |
First doses (90%); second doses (81%) |
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Canterbury DHB (percentage of eligible people) |
First doses (94%); second doses (85%) |
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Lakes DHB (percentage of eligible people) |
First doses (86%); second doses (76%) |
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MidCentral DHB (percentage of eligible people) |
First doses (91%); second doses (82%) |
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Bay of Plenty DHB (percentage of eligible people) |
First doses (88%); second doses (78%) |
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Wairarapa DHB (percentage of eligible people) |
First doses (91%); second doses (81%) |
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Hawkes Bay DHB (percentage of eligible people) |
First doses (89%); second doses (80%) |
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Capital and Coast DHB (percentage of eligible people) |
First doses (95%); second doses (88%) |
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Hospitalisations |
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Cases in hospital |
88 (including 2 still being assessed): North Shore (19); Middlemore (29); Auckland (37); Waikato (2); Rotorua (1) |
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Vaccination status of current hospitalisations (Northern Region wards only as of 17 November) |
Unvaccinated or not eligible (46 cases / 56%); partially vaccinated14 days (7 cases / 8 %); fully vaccinated 14 days (16 cases / 19%); unknown (3 cases / 4%) |
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Average age of current hospitalisations |
45 |
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Cases in ICU or HDU |
Six |
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Cases |
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Seven day rolling average of community cases |
185 |
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Number of new community cases |
215 |
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Number of new cases identified at the border |
Three (and one historical) |
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Location of new community cases |
Auckland (196), Waikato (11), Northland (4), Bay of Plenty (1) Lakes (2), **MidCentral (1 - announced yesterday) |
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Location of community cases (total) |
Auckland 6,756 (2,281 of whom have recovered); ***Waikato 361 (106 of whom have recovered); Wellington 18 (17 of whom have recovered); Northland 70 (39 of whom have recovered); Nelson/Marlborough 1 (recovered); Canterbury 7 (3 of whom have recovered); Taranaki 6 (all of whom have recovered); Lakes 24; MidCentral 4; Bay of Plenty 18; Wairarapa 3 |
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Number of community cases (total) |
7,268 (in current community outbreak) |
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Confirmed cases (total) |
10,025 |
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Historical cases |
198 out of 8,218 cases since 1 January |
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Cases infectious in the community**** |
65 of 178 cases reported yesterday have exposure events |
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Cases in isolation throughout the period they were infectious**** |
1 of 178 cases reported yesterday have no exposure events |
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Cases epidemiologically linked |
116 of today's 215 new cases |
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Cases to be epidemiologically linked |
99 of today's 215 new cases |
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Cases epidemiologically linked (total) |
5525 (893 unlinked in the last 14 days) |
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Contacts |
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Number of active contacts being managed (total): |
6,450 |
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Percentage who have received an outbound call from contact tracers (to confirm testing and isolation requirements) |
69% |
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Percentage who have returned at least one result |
70% |
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Locations of interest |
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Locations of interest (total) |
153 (as at 10am 23 November) |
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Tests |
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Number of tests (total) |
4,711,422 |
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Number of tests total (last 24 hours) |
24,198 |
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Tests processed in Auckland (last 24 hours) |
12,702 |
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Tests rolling average (last 7 days) |
29,470 |
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Testing centres in Auckland |
18 |
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Wastewater |
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Wastewater detections |
No unexpected results |
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NZ COVID Tracer |
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Registered users (total) |
3,394,740 |
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Poster scans (total) |
526,656,912 |
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Manual diary entries (total) |
20,597,438 |
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Poster scans in 24 hours to midday yesterday |
2,428,169 |
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