125 community cases of Covid including 2 in Christchurch; more than 44,000 vaccinations yesterday

There are 125 new community cases of COVID-19 to report today, 118 in Auckland, four in Waikato, one in Northland, two in Canterbury.

The rise in case numbers is a reminder of the infectiousness of COVID-19, and particularly the Delta variant, and the importance of vaccination as the best protection. With over 30,000 tests processed nationwide yesterday, these results aren't unexpected.

A further case in Auckland who is an MIQ worker, first announced yesterday, remains under investigation to determine whether they are a community or border-related case.

As at 10am, 74 of today's cases are linked - including 29 household contacts and 51 remain under investigation.

Cases

• Number of new community cases: 125
• Number of new cases identified at the border: 3 and 1 historical
• Location of new community cases: Auckland (118), Waikato (4), Canterbury (2), Northland (1)
• Location of community cases (total): Auckland 2,911 (1,511 of whom have recovered); Waikato 105 (32 of whom have recovered); Wellington 17 (all of whom have recovered); Northland 8 (all active cases); Nelson/Marlborough 1 (active case); Canterbury 4 (all active cases)
• Number of community cases (total): 3,046 (in current community outbreak)
• Cases infectious in the community: 27 of yesterday's 89 cases have exposure events
• Cases in isolation throughout the period they were infectious: 62 of 89 cases yesterday have no exposure events
• Cases epidemiologically linked: 74 of today's 125 cases
• Cases to be epidemiologically linked: 51 of today's 125 cases
• Cases epidemiologically linked (total): 2,650 (in the current cluster) (289 unlinked from the past 14 days)
• Cases in hospital: 39 (total, up from 37 yesterday): Waitemata (9); Middlemore (12); Auckland (18)
• Average age of current hospitalisations: 49 years
• Cases in ICU or HDU: Four
• Confirmed cases (total*: 5764 since pandemic began
• Historical cases: 179 out of 3,950 since 1 Jan 2021

Contacts

• Number of active contacts being managed (total): 3,066
• Percentage who have received an outbound call from contact tracers (to confirm testing and isolation requirements): 77%
• Percentage with at least one test result: 77%

Locations of interest

• Locations of interest (total): 389 (as at 10am 29 October)

Tests

• Number of tests (total): 4,037,705
• Number of tests total (last 24 hours): 31,093
• Tests processed in Auckland (last 24 hours): 11,942
• Tests rolling average (last 7 days): 23,677
• Testing centres in Auckland: 18

Wastewater

• Wastewater detections: New detection in Christchurch on 27 October, further testing underway

COVID-19 vaccine update

• Vaccines administered to date (total): 6,761,930; 1st doses: 3,682,213 (87%); 2nd doses: 3,079,717 (73%)
• Vaccines administered yesterday (total): 44,779; 1st doses: 12,780; 2nd doses: 31,999
• Māori: 1st doses: 400,403 (70%); 2nd doses: 1st doses: 403,647 (71%); 2nd doses: 289,868 (51%)
• Pacific Peoples: 1st doses: 241,024 (84%); 2nd doses: 190,255 (66%)
• Vaccines administered to Auckland residents to date (total): 2,430,162; 1st doses: 1,301,761 (91%); 2nd doses: 1,128,401 (79%)
• Vaccines administered to Auckland residents yesterday (total): 10,519; 1st doses: 2,413; 2nd doses: 8,106

NZ COVID Tracer

• Registered users (total): 3,330,579
• Poster scans (total): 463,360,769
• Manual diary entries (total): 19,185,541
• Poster scans in 24 hours to midday yesterday: 2,520,130

New cases identified at the border

Historical cases identified at the border

Christchurch update

There are two new expected and linked community cases of COVID-19 to report in Christchurch today, both from a single household linked to the cases identified earlier this week.

This brings the total number of active cases in the region to four. A total of 13 other close contacts have now been identified, who are isolating and will undergo further testing.