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14 Community Cases Of COVID-19; One Historical Case At The Border; More Than 50,000 Vaccines Administered Yesterday

Published: Tue 21 Sep 2021 12:51 PM
21 SeptemberCasesNumber of new community cases *14Number of new cases identified at the borderOne historical caseLocation of new casesAuckland, Upper HaurakiLocation of community cases (total)Auckland (including 4 cases in Upper Hauraki*) 1,068 (773 of whom have recovered); Wellington 17 (all of whom have recovered);Number of community cases (total)1,085 (in current community outbreak)Cases infectious in the communityNine (41%) of yesterday’s cases have exposure eventsCases in isolation throughout the period they were infectious10 (45%) of yesterday’s casesCases epidemiologically linked13 of today’s casesCases to be epidemiologically linkedOne of today’s casesCases epidemiologically linked (total)1,054 (in current cluster) (10 unlinked from past fortnight)Number of sub-clustersTen epidemiologically linked subclusters. Of these, two are active, seven are contained and one is dormant.
There are eleven epidemiologically unlinked subclusters. Of these, three are active, three are contained and five are dormantCases in hospital15 (total): North Shore (1); Auckland (4); Middlemore (10).Cases in ICU or HDUFourConfirmed cases (total)3,739 since pandemic beganHistorical cases, since 1 Jan 2021 (total)152 out of 1,921 since 1 Jan 2021ContactsNumber of active contacts being managed (total)1,375Percentage who have received an outbound call from contact tracers (to confirm testing and isolation requirements)87%Percentage with at least one test result84%Locations of interestLocations of interest (total)135 (as at 10am 21 September)TestsNumber of tests (total)3,248,982Total number of laboratory tests processed (last 24 hours)8,346Tests rolling average (last 7 days)12,971Swabs taken in Auckland (last 24 hours)8,588Testing centres in Auckland24WastewaterWastewater detectionsNo unexpected detections in ESR’s latest testingCOVID-19 vaccine updateVaccines administered to date (total)4,762,679; 1st doses: 3,118,082; 2nd doses: 1,644,597Vaccines administered yesterday (total)50,196; 1st doses: 24,522; 2nd doses: 25,674Mâori1st doses: 294,099; 2nd doses: 143,416Pacific Peoples1st doses: 190,538, 2nd doses: 100,575NZ COVID-19 tracerRegistered users (total)3,237,146Poster scans (total)373,119,386Manual diary entries (total)16,706,087Poster scans in 24 hours to midday yesterday2,127,881Historical cases identified at the borderArrival dateFromViaPositive test day/reasonManaged isolation/quarantine location17 SeptemberUnited States of AmericaDirect flightDay 0 / routineChristchurch*Today’s cases
Today’s number of community cases includes one positive result from Upper Hauraki. This was a household contact who was tested yesterday.
Two previously confirmed cases from Saturday and from yesterday have now been reclassified as under investigation. As a result, today’s net increase is 13 cases.

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