There are 44 new community cases today. 20 of these are household contacts, 12 are known contacts, and 12 remain unlinked with investigations continuing to determine how they are linked to the current outbreak.
Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay says, “We acknowledge today’s numbers are higher than recent days. This is not unexpected because there have been a number of contacts of new cases and we can expect to get fluctuations from day to day.” Cases Number of new community cases*: 44 Number of new cases identified at the border: three Location of new community cases: Auckland (41) Waikato (3) Location of community cases (total): Auckland 1,450 (1,068 of whom have recovered); Waikato 25; Wellington 17 (all of whom have