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Key Points;

• 28 New Community Cases
  • 27 In Auckland
  • 1 in Wellington
    • Close Contact of existing case
    • Already in MIQ
  • Total 764 (33 now recovered) - 731 Active
• 43 in Hospital (+1)
  • 9 in ICU/HDU (+1)
  • 3 on Ventilation (n/c)
• Nearly 13,000 tests processed yesterday
• 89,737 vaccine doses administered yesterday
  • 64k first doses
  • 71% of eligible population are now booked or had at least one dose

What we know as at 12:45pm

Start time: 01:00:08

Dr McElnay

• 28 New Community Cases
  • 27 In Auckland
  • 1 in Wellington
    • Close Contact of existing case
    • Already in MIQ
  • Total 764 (33 now recovered) - 731 Active
• Total Unlinked Case now 31 (down from 65)
  • Expect to keep falling
• Reproductive number remains below 1
• Yeterdays
  • 86% contacts of known cases
  • 51% household contacts
  • 35% infectious in community
    • Visiting Supermarket or healthcare, or were essential workers
• 43 in Hospital (+1)
  • 9 in ICU/HDU (+1)
  • 3 on Ventilation (n/c)
• As at 9am 37,620 contacts
  • 31,668 (84%) followed up by contact tracers
  • ~87% of all contacts have had a test
• Wastewater
  • No unexpected results
  • Several samples currently being processed by ESR
• Healthcare workers keep putting their hands up to help Auckland
  • Good on ya!
  • 137 identified to assist
  • 22 Deployed already
  • Further 20 to be deployed over weekend
  • Further 18 with arrangements in place
• Vaccines;
  • Asking anyone who is vaccinated before their booked in date to cancel their existing booking
    • Free up the slot for someone else
  • 89,737 doses administered yesterday
    • 64k first doses
  • 71% of eligible population are now booked or had at least one dose
• Testing;
  • Nearly 13,000 tests yesterday
    • 20,760 rolling average
    • Increasing confidence we are finding the cases

Grant Robertson

• Seconds the shout out to the ARPHS and contact tracers

^(Early start caught RNZ as video just started at this point)

• Results encouraging
• Update on Moron Escapee
  • Tested as close contact
  • 2:21pm on Wednesday informed of positive result
    • Advised was exercising by himself
  • Picked up car and dropped it off at a friends p

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