The Ministry of Health is reporting one new Covid case in Tauranga today.
Today's new case is part of the 101 around cases around New Zealand being reported today.
The Ministry is reporting 61 people in hospital - 13 in North Shore Hospital, 19 in Auckland City, 25 in Middlemore, two in Waikato and two in Tauranga.
"Today we are reporting one new case in Tauranga.
"This case is being investigated for any links to previously reported cases. Contacts are being identified and will be contacted for testing and isolation advice."
Locations of interest can be found here.
See below for a full breakdown of today's numbers.
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Hospitalisations |
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Cases in hospital |
61; North Shore: 13; Auckland: 19; Middlemore: 25; Waikato: 2; Tauranga: 2 |
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Vaccination status of current hospitalisations (Northern Region wards only) |
Unvaccinated or not eligible (36 cases / 64%); partially immunised |
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Average age of current hospitalisations |
50 |
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Cases in ICU or HDU |
4 (2 in Auckland; 1 in Middlemore, 1 in North Shore) |
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Cases |
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Seven day rolling average of community cases |
93 |
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Number of new community cases |
101 |
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Number of new cases identified at the border |
2 |
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Location of new community cases * |
Auckland (97), Bay of Plenty (1), Taranaki (1), Nelson-Marlborough (1), Canterbury (1) |
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Number of community cases (total) |
9,814 (in current community outbreak) |
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Number of active cases (total) |
6,811 |
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Confirmed cases (total) |
12,617 |
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Cases epidemiologically linked (total) |
7,205 |
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Contacts |
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Number of active contacts being managed (total): |
6,823 |
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Percentage who have received an outbound call from contact tracers (to confirm testing and isolation requirements) |
83% |
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Percentage who have returned at least one result |
76% |
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Tests |
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Number of tests total (last 24 hours) |
15,830 |
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Tests rolling average (last 7 days) |
26,117 |
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Auckland tests total (last 24 hours) |
7,262 |
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Wastewater |
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Wastewater detections |
No unexpected results to report |
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NZ COVID Tracer |
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Poster scans in 24 hours to midday yesterday |
2,881,754 |
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Manual diary entries in 24 hours to midday |
34,675 |
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My Vaccine Pass |
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My vaccine pass downloads total |
4,179,852 |
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My vaccine pass downloads (last 24 hours) |
27,247 |
New cases identified at the border
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Arrival date |
From |
Via |
Positive test day/reason |
Managed isolation/quarantine location |
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10 December |
Germany |
UAE |
Day 1 / routine |
Christchurch |
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3 November* |
Cambodia |
Singapore |
Day 4 / routine |
Auckland |
*Today's cases
"Today, we are reporting new community cases in Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Nelson-Marborough and Canterbury," says an MOH spokesperson.
"Both the Taranaki and Nelson-Tasman cases were first announced over the weekend but are being officially included in the case numbers today.
"One of today's border cases had previously been classified as under investigation. They have now been confirmed as a case."
Regional updates
"We are continuing to ask anyone in New Zealand with symptoms – no matter how mild – to get tested, even if you're fully vaccinated. Please remain isolated until you return a negative test result."
Testing and vaccination centre locations nationwide can be found on the Healthpoint website.
Auckland
Today, there are 97 new cases being reported in Auckland.
Health and welfare providers are now supporting 2746 people to isolate at home, including 709 cases.
Canterbury update
There is one linked case to report in Christchurch today.
The case is a household member of previously reported cases and was already in a managed isolation facility when they tested positive.
Christchurch testing locations and opening hours are available on Healthpoint's website and information about vaccination clinics is available on the DHB's
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