There are no cases of COVID-19 to report in the community today.
There are five new cases of COVID-19 to report in recent returnees, and one historical case, in managed isolation facilities since the Ministry's last update on Friday.
The historical case was not reported in November last year as it was thought to have been recorded overseas. It has since been determined that it was not recorded overseas, so the case has now been added New Zealand's COVID-19 tally for last year.
The number of active cases in New Zealand is 32 and the total number of confirmed cases is 2,530.
Since 1 January 2021, there have been 114 historical cases, out of a total of 712 cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases detected at the border is two.
| Arrival date |
From |
Via |
Positive test day/reason |
Managed isolation/quarantine location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August |
Malaysia |
Singapore |
Day 0 / routine |
Auckland |
| 7 August* |
Full travel history yet to be obtained |
Singapore |
Day 1 / routine |
Auckland |
| 7 August* |
Full travel history yet to be obtained |
Singapore |
Day 1 / routine |
Auckland |
| 7 August* |
Full travel history yet to be obtained |
Singapore |
Day 1 / routine |
Auckland |
| 7 August* |
Full travel history yet to be obtained |
Singapore |
Day 1 / routine |
Auckland |
*These four cases were in the same travel bubble
| Arrival date |
From |
Via |
Positive test day/reason |
Managed isolation/quarantine location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 November |
USA |
Direct flight |
Day 3 / routine |
Completed |
Vaccination roll-out update
More than 2.18 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to date (to 11.59pm on 7 August). Of these, 1.37 million are first doses and more than 816,000 are second doses.
More than 121,700 Mâori have received their first vaccination. Of these, around 76,000 have also had their second vaccinations.
More than 82,700 doses have been administered to Pacific peoples. Of these, around 51,000 have also received their second doses.
Yesterday (7 August) a total of 36,248 doses were administered, including 27,382 first doses and 8,862 second doses.
Update on COVID-19 case in hospital
There is currently one COVID-19 positive patient in metro-Auckland DHB hospitals.
The previously reported UN worker from Fiji remains in Middlemore Hospital in ICU.
The COVID-19 positive patient that was transferred from the Jet Park to Auckland City Hospital on Thursday has since been discharged back to the quarantine facility.
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
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.
