CasesNumber of new community cases24Number of new cases identified at the borderNo new cases at the border todayLocation of new casesAucklandLocation of community cases (total)Auckland 1,033 (671 of whom have recovered); Wellington 17 (all of whom have recovered)*Number of community cases (total)1,050 (in current community outbreak)Cases infectious in the communitySix (30%) of yesterday’s 20 cases have exposure eventsCases in isolation throughout the period they were infectious14 (70%) of yesterday’s 20 casesCases epidemiologically linked18 of today’s casesCases to be epidemiologically linked6 of today’s casesCases epidemiologically linked (total)1018 (in the current cluster) (12 in the past 14 days unlinked)Number of sub-clustersNine epidemiologically linked subclusters. Of these, one is active, seven are contained and one is dormant. The three
largest subclusters are the Māngere church group: 384; and Birkdale social network cluster: 80; secondary community
transmission associated with the Māngere church group 167.
There are ten epidemiologically unlinked subclusters.Cases in hospital13 (total): North Shore (1); Middlemore (7); Auckland (5)Cases in ICU or HDUFourConfirmed cases (total)3,704 since pandemic beganHistorical cases, since 1 Jan 2021 (total)151 out of 1,886 since 1 Jan 2021ContactsNumber of active contacts being managed (total):1,215Percentage who have received an outbound call from contact tracers (to confirm testing and isolation requirements)85%Percentage with at least one test result87%Locations of interestLocations of interest (total)134 (as at 10am 19 September)TestsNumber of tests (total)3,232,551Number of tests total (last 24 hours)13,833Tests in Auckland (last 24 hours)5,028Tests rolling average (last 7 days)13,181Testing centres in Auckland20WastewaterWastewater detectionsThere was a positive detection in a sample from Pukekohe collected on 15 September. This follows a positive detection on
8 September and non-detection on 10 September. The result is believed to be linked to known cases in the area.COVID-19 vaccine updateVaccines administered to date (total)4,684,416; 1st doses: 3,078,338; 2nd doses: 1,606,078Vaccines administered yesterday (total)53,386; 1st doses: 28,946; 2nd doses: 24,440Māori1st doses: 289,716; 2nd doses: 140,473Pacific Peoples1st doses: 187,302; 2nd doses: 97,994NZ COVID-19 tracerRegistered users (total)3,231,368Poster scans (total)368,748,795Manual diary entries (total)16,562,578Poster scans in 24 hours to midday yesterday2,599,942
*Two previously reported cases have been re-classified as not cases, resulting in a net increase of 22 cases.