There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today. There are 18 people isolating in the Auckland quarantine facility from the community, which includes 9 people who have tested positive for COVID-19 and their household contacts.
One person is in hospital with COVID-19 at Middlemore hospital. The patient is in isolation on a general ward. Since August 11, our contact tracing team has identified 4,075 close contacts of cases, of which 4,072 have been contacted and are self-isolating or have completed self-isolation.
We are in the process of contacting the rest. Our total number of active cases is 55; of those, 28 are imported cases in MIQ facilities, and 27 are community cases.