There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today. There are 39 people isolating in the Auckland quarantine facility from the community, which includes 18 people who have tested positive for COVID-19 and their household contacts.
Three people are in hospital with COVID-19 – one each at Auckland City, Middlemore and North Shore hospitals. All three patients are in isolation on a general ward.
Since August 11, our contact tracing team has identified 4,003 close contacts of cases, of which 3,992 have been contacted and are self-isolating or have completed self-isolation.
We are in the process of contacting the rest. There is one additional previously reported case that is now considered to have recovered from COVID-19.