There are no new cases in the community outside of the 3 cases announced yesterday. For formal reporting figures, the third community case is included in our numbers today.
There are 5 cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation, one of which is historical. Auckland February cases The results of genomic sequencing for the first 2 Auckland February cases have confirmed the COVID-19 variant B1.1.7, first detected in the UK.
ESR is now conducting a scan of the international genome database to see if there is a match. This result reinforces the decision to take swift and robust action around the latest cases to detect and stamp out the possibility of any further transmission.