There are no cases of COVID-19 to report in the community today.
There is one new case of COVID-19 to report in a recent returnee in managed isolation facilities since yesterday’s update. There is one additional historical case to report in MIQ today. Five previously reported cases have now recovered, with the number of active cases in New Zealand standing at 25.
Since 1 January 2021, there have been 115 historical cases, out of a total of 707 cases.
The seven-day rolling average of new cases detected at the border is one.
Our total number of confirmed cases is 2,524. Two cases reported on Wednesday and Thursday respectively have been reclassified as “under investigation”. These have been removed from our count of total confirmed cases.
New border cases in New Zealand
Arrival date | From | Via | Positive test day/reason | Managed isolation/quarantine location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
4 August | Full travel history yet to be obtained | United Arab Emirates | Day 0 / routine | Auckland |
Historical cases identified at the border
Arrival date | From | Via | Positive test day/reason | Managed isolation/quarantine location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
26 July | United Kingdom | United Arab Emirates | Day 6 / contact of a case | Auckland |
Vaccination roll-out update
More than 2.1 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to date (to 11.59pm on 5 August). Of these, 1.31 million are first doses and nearly 800,000 are second doses.
More than 117,000 Māori have received their first vaccination. Of these, around 74,000 have also had their second vaccinations.
Nearly 80,000 doses have been administered to Pacific peoples. Of these, around 50,000 have also received their second doses.
Yesterday (5 August) a total of 41,812 doses were administered, including 28,892 first doses and 12,920 second doses.
Update on COVID-19 cases in hospital
There are currently two COVID-19 positive patients in metro-Auckland DHB hospitals.
The previously reported UN worker from Fiji remains in Middlemore Hospital in ICU.
Yesterday afternoon a COVID-19 positive patient was transferred from the Jet Park quarantine facility to Auckland City Hospital. This person is not connected to the UN worker that is in Middlemore.
There has been a review of the PPE use by a health worker during the transfer of the Jet Park patient. involving a health worker. As a result, public health officials have deemed the PPE use did not fully meet agreed protocols. While the risk has been assessed as low, as a precautionary measure the health worker has now been classified as a casual contact and has been asked to monitor symptoms. They will be automatically tested in seven days’ time.
Our hospitals also regularly treat people from Managed Isolation facilities with a range of conditions unrelated to COVID-19.
There are appropriate isolation and infection prevention and control plans in place at all the metro-DHB hospitals to accommodate these patients – our hospitals remain safe for patients, visitors and staff.
Returnees from Australia
Quarantine Free Travel with Australia remains suspended. Eligible travellers needing to return to New Zealand from all Australian states (except New South Wales) were provided a 7-day return window which ended at 11.59pm on Friday 30 July.
South east Queensland remains in lockdown and we are continuing to remind anyone who returned from Queensland on those return flights last week to keep checking locations Queensland Health website and monitor for any symptoms of COVID-19.
